How long does it take to complete the WISC test?
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Anonymous
| I am asking because my DC just took the test and he was in the room with the tester for almost four hours! Is that normal? If your DCs have taken the test, how long did it take? |
Anonymous
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My DD just took it and it was less than 2 hours. I was surprised because they said to expect 3. We had a 10 minute break in the middle as well.
My DS took it a few years ago and I think it was closer to 3, but don't recall exactly. |
Anonymous
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My ds took about an hour. I was nervous because I thought that was really fast, but he scored in the 99.9th percentile.
Was this GMU or a private tester? |
Anonymous
| It was GMU. I am not sure what to think! Four hours seems too long and I cannot think of a possible reason behind it... |
Anonymous
| 2 hours from walking in to leaving, including result calculation and consult with Doc re: results. |
Anonymous
| I have heard it can take longer if the kid hits the ceiling on the subtests and the tester needs to go into extended norms. Did your child hit the WISC out of the park, by any chance? |
Anonymous
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We are getting the results next week, so I don't know. He's pretty smart but I am not sure whether he is really exceptional. He did really well in NNAT and CogAT but he's not one of the best in his class, hence the WISC test. He's in the pool for AAP consideration but we wanted to make sure that AAP is right for him (or not).
Reading some of the previous answers makes me worry because his test took so much longer... |
Anonymous
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How old are your kids? I can't imagine subjecting a young elementary kid (6-7 years old) to a 4-hour test. Christ--even the SATS weren't that long for me.
Expect burn out and medicocrity later in life.... Why would you be so worried about how he did? That is frickin weird. This is elementary school. As a practical matter---in my Ffx county school the GT centered kids (and I have many friends that were in them) ended up worse off later in life. They can't cope and our so test-focused. Why put your kids in with a bunch of hothouse flowers that can't handle the real world and have annoying helicopter-tiger moms. I have also find a lot of the 'gifted' boys to be severley ill-behaved and the parents writing it off to his 'giftedness'. He's jsut bored  .
No--my kid isn't old enough to be concerned with WISC so this isn't a disgruntled reject--it is just such a crack-head thing the competitiveness for little kids and it is ALL about the parents. I chose Arlington because the process isn't as f-ed up and the parents are a minority that are into all of this sh*t. |
Anonymous
I wouldn't worry. I just spoke with GMU testing center last week and they said allow 3 to 4 hours for the test. |
Anonymous
| How odd that you find time to read threads that have no relevance to your school system or interests. And you get so passionate about things that your profess not to be concerned about. Hmmm. Me thinks the lady doth protest too much. Bloody hands, Lady Macbeth? |
Anonymous
| Above is for 10:14, of course. |
Anonymous
Dork. |
Anonymous
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8:36 here. I asked DD about it afterwards. She told me it was really easy. We'll see how she actually does.
For my DS a few years ago, I remember that when I got the results they told me that my son gave up fairly easily when there was a question he didn't know. She tried to encourage him to at least guess, but he just wouldn't. That may have added to the time for him. He ended up not doing very well and that's not surprising. He's a smart kid, but if something doesn't come easily, he quits. |
Anonymous
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If I remember correctly, there are a variety of subtests that may be included (or not) with WISC. I'm sure including all of the subtests will result in a longer test. I don't think it's necessarily related to how well a child is performing on the test.
WISC gave us a better understanding of DC's strong areas and not as strong areas. DC didn't mind the test and even found parts to be a little fun. Good luck. |
Anonymous
| According to the test manufacturer, the WISC IV, including all subtests, should take 60-90 minutes. |