[Oz-gifted] tests in the public system

[Keith McGuinness]

> At 5:38 PM +1000 21/9/06, Narelle W wrote:
>> Trouble is each school or teacher will only accept certain "evidence" but
>> reject others. I had a recent experience where only the basic skills tests
>> results were considered "standardised" and therefore acceptable as evidence
>> of giftedness by my dd's school. Individual teacher's opinions were also
>> given extreme weight. I presented other evidence of even higher ability,
>> such as APTS, IQ tests ( WIPPSI, WISC 111, & UNSW competitions) all of which
>> were rejected as unreliable and therefore meaningless.

But, in assessing giftedness, the IQ tests are likely to be more 
reliable than the "standardised" tests!

It's a case where some people know just enough to be dangerous.

Keith McGuinness