[Oz-gifted] tests in the public system

[Rose Churches]

   The results of any assessment conducted by the school or outsourced
   must be given to parents.

   I believe that @ 5.5 years he is too young for a WISC
   Rosemary Churches
   0418855388
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     From:  Ellen Hrebeniuk <ehrebeniuk at optushome.com.au>
     Reply-To:  oz-gifted at rite.ed.qut.edu.au
     To:  oz-gifted at cobia.ed.qut.edu.au
     Subject:  Re: [Oz-gifted] tests in the public system
     Date:  Mon, 18 Sep 2006 10:23:04 +1000
     >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...
     >--
     >Ellen Hrebeniuk
     >Sydney, Australia
     >
     >Being a librarian is how you change the world.
     >Nancy Pearl
     >
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