[Oz-gifted] tests in the public system

[Ellen Hrebeniuk]

At 6:32 PM +1000 16/9/06, amazing3 at optusnet.com.au wrote:
>Assessment will most likely include the WISC 4 and other reading tests.
>We chose not to have the assessment done at school as I wanted a 
>copy of the results for future reference.

I'm not so worried about that, given that he is only 5.5 -- the 
results aren't so reliable at this age, but OTOH they will not 
interfere if we decide we need a private assessment at about age 8. 
I'm interested to know in exactly what ways the results are 
unreliable as I presume it would be more than just a matter of a 
larger margin of error.  I can make some educated guesses, but does 
anyone *know*?

The Department expects assessment to cover intellectual functioning, 
academic achievement, and social/emotional maturity.

>What does the school plan to do once they have the results?

I think they are hesitating between a number of courses of action, 
simply because DS1 doesn't have much of an academic history.  He is 
only in Kindy.  His teacher claims to have not seen anyone quite like 
DS1 before.  He dosn't seem that unusual to me!

>Does your school have a G & T policy?  Check what their ideas are.

<g> The Department expects that they will develop one RSN (no time 
frame has been set).  I suspect it will miraculously appear AFTER 
they have had DS1 a bit longer!  Certainly no-one has admitted to 
keeping such an animal...
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Ellen Hrebeniuk
Sydney, Australia

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