Parents of kids with overall WPPSI scores at 99th percentile or above.

[Anonymous]

As I have a a child in this category, just curious where these kids will be attending school next year. Please give grade level, WPPSI score and name of school. TIA.

[Anonymous]

Tia,

How did our child score in the 99th percentile? How did you prepare your DC?

[Anonymous]

I can't believe everyone's DC is in the 99th percentile? Did you all use the same tester?

[Anonymous]

99.9th percentile overall. Didn't prepare at all. Was TOTALLY shocked! We got rejected at 5 schools for K (Big 4). Read theory on previous thread that children with these scores don't typically get admitted to Big 3 or 4, however you look at it.....Anyways, just wondering where this kids end up going and how it works out......

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As I have a a child in this category, just curious where these kids will be attending school next year. Please give grade level, WPPSI score and name of school. TIA.

K
99.8
GDS

[Anonymous]

99.9%ile
Pre-K
Sidwell or Beauvoir (not yet decided)

[Anonymous]

99th %tile for both kids, both kids at Beauvoir, where they seem to fit in fine

[Anonymous]

What preschools are these kids coming from, as I look through my DC class I could not classify more than one or two kids as being in this category... not a similar proportion to what it seems on DCUM

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What preschools are these kids coming from, as I look through my DC class I could not classify more than one or two kids as being in this category... not a similar proportion to what it seems on DCUM

How do you know that there are no more than one or two in this category in your DC's class?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What preschools are these kids coming from, as I look through my DC class I could not classify more than one or two kids as being in this category... not a similar proportion to what it seems on DCUM

I don't think the majority of my DC's classmates have taken the WPPSI as only two were applying to private schools. I believe the majority will attend K at the school then continue on to public schools in Arlington, Va such as Taylor, Science Focus, or Arlington Traditional. Most of her classmates seem equally bright children and I would assume would do equally well on the WPPSI. It is not a feeder preschool. It's a wonderful program with a solid curriculum and a fun way of learning.

[Anonymous]

Two kids: 99.8 and 99.9
Both are at Potomac (our first choice) and loving it.

[Anonymous]

99.5
Norwood

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What preschools are these kids coming from, as I look through my DC class I could not classify more than one or two kids as being in this category... not a similar proportion to what it seems on DCUM

I don't think the majority of my DC's classmates have taken the WPPSI as only two were applying to private schools. I believe the majority will attend K at the school then continue on to public schools in Arlington, Va such as Taylor, Science Focus, or Arlington Traditional. Most of her classmates seem equally bright children and I would assume would do equally well on the WPPSI. It is not a feeder preschool. It's a wonderful program with a solid curriculum and a fun way of learning.

Frankly, there is a chance that many of them in your DC's class could've obtained similar scores. You just don't know because they didn't take the tests, not because they don't seem as bright. My DC did not attend a feeder preschool; many, if not most, of DC's classmates will attend MoCo schools. Most of them, however, would probably score quite high on the WPPSI as their parents are well-educated. Look, neither of my parents made it past high school, but they both liked to read and we spent a lot of time at the library. That exposure gave me a leg up in school. Well-educated parents, even if they are not reading to their kids every night, are still providing a leg up to their offspring.

[Anonymous]

"Not surprisingly, the delays and gaps in pre-reading skills evidenced by preschoolers from low-income backgrounds are mirrored in their exposure to experiences that might support the development of pre-reading skills. Numerous studies have documented differences between low-income and other children in availability of children's books, frequency of shared book reading, and the quality of language interactions between children and parents. These are all experiences that have strong effects on outside-in skills. I am reminded of some of the remarkable findings of the ground-breaking Meaningful Differences study by Hart and Risley, mentioned earlier by Mrs. Bush. Over a 2.5 year period, these investigators recorded naturally occurring conversations in the homes of professional, working class, and welfare families with young children. There was a difference of almost 300 words spoken per hour between professional and welfare parents. The professional families' children at age 3 actually had a larger recorded vocabulary than the welfare families' parents. I will say that again. The 3-year-olds from the affluent families had larger spoken vocabularies than the parents from the welfare families. Children who aren't talked to, who aren't engaged in rich language interactions with their parents, are going to have low levels of vocabulary and conceptual development, and this will affect their later reading and academic achievement."

http://www.earlyreadingplayschool.com.au/OurStrategy/YP/os-yp-whitehouse.htm

This extends to all sorts of activities and toys that, shockingly enough, correlate heavily with what a child is asked to do on the WPPSI.

[Anonymous]

99
K
Sheridan