What is lowest WISC score would you appeal with

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Anonymous wrote:I would not get a WiSC to appeal for LIV services. It is not worth the money and time for me. Admittedly, we are happy at our base school and stayed there for the language immersion program so we would have been less concerned about LIV services.

I would look at a WiSC if my child had one done as part of an evaluation for learning issues and I had it on hand or if I was concerned about possible learning issues and it was the first step in exploring those possibilities. The other possibility is if you had one done as part of looking at private schools.

The point of the appeal, as I see it, is to get your child’s packet in front of a different group of people to look at. A well written letter that address any lower marks in the GBRSs and some new work samples have worked for a lot of people and will take less time and money then taking your child to take the WiSC.

Disagree, it's a proven method to bolster your claims of giftedness with objective documentation, but your kid has to knock it out of the park. One thing that I've heard is common is to book multiple WISC evals with different psychs to ensure your kid is familiar with the format. This helps them put their best foot forward.

The psychologist will flag the result as invalid if the kid seems too familiar with the test questions or format. I guess you would need some intensive acting classes in addition to all of the practice WISCs if you want your kid to convince a trained psychologist that he didn't cheat.

*wink* *wink*

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would not get a WiSC to appeal for LIV services. It is not worth the money and time for me. Admittedly, we are happy at our base school and stayed there for the language immersion program so we would have been less concerned about LIV services.

I would look at a WiSC if my child had one done as part of an evaluation for learning issues and I had it on hand or if I was concerned about possible learning issues and it was the first step in exploring those possibilities. The other possibility is if you had one done as part of looking at private schools.

The point of the appeal, as I see it, is to get your child’s packet in front of a different group of people to look at. A well written letter that address any lower marks in the GBRSs and some new work samples have worked for a lot of people and will take less time and money then taking your child to take the WiSC.

Disagree, it's a proven method to bolster your claims of giftedness with objective documentation, but your kid has to knock it out of the park. One thing that I've heard is common is to book multiple WISC evals with different psychs to ensure your kid is familiar with the format. This helps them put their best foot forward.

It is very different, it is cheating and they are lying to the test administrator. You are asked if the child has taken the WISC in the last 12 months, otherwise it is considered invalid.

Prepping and outside enrichment might give the child an edge but is not lying/cheating
Multiple WISCs is straight up cheating. The second/subsequent test is invalid if given with a year of the first test. Students taking multiple WISCs like this should be banned from AAP Level IV.

Sure, in the same way that taking prep classes or outside enrichment is cheating but everyone does it.

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It is very different, it is cheating and they are lying to the test administrator. You are asked if the child has taken the WISC in the last 12 months, otherwise it is considered invalid.

Prepping and outside enrichment might give the child an edge but is not lying/cheating

[Anonymous]

Op here. We’re not cheating the wisc and don’t believe in prepping. I already have kids in AAP but they were in first round and things have changed since then. Was looking for a gut check on WISC score bc I’d read that one comment on 145 and couldn’t believe that was reasonable. DC had 133. Thanks for the helpful responses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is very different, it is cheating and they are lying to the test administrator. You are asked if the child has taken the WISC in the last 12 months, otherwise it is considered invalid.

Prepping and outside enrichment might give the child an edge but is not lying/cheating

Was buying test answers for TJ cheating?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here. We’re not cheating the wisc and don’t believe in prepping. I already have kids in AAP but they were in first round and things have changed since then. Was looking for a gut check on WISC score bc I’d read that one comment on 145 and couldn’t believe that was reasonable. DC had 133. Thanks for the helpful responses.

The 145 poster is nuts. A kid does not need to score in the top 0.1% to be eligible for a program that takes 20% of the FCPS kids. A 133 is 98th-99th percentile, which is higher than the vast majority of kids in AAP would score if they took a real IQ test. That being said, don't expect the WISC to help that much. If the GBRS is low, your kid likely won't get in on appeal. If the GBRS is high, a strong parent letter would probably suffice.