Please explain WPPSI-IV results

[Anonymous]

Im tired of people saying that parents should not "put that much weight on the test"....Yes we know that not all kids score high and it may have been a bad day for the child. However, these tests can help you determine if there are emerging learning disabilities (if caught early could be addressed), which as a parent you should really look at. Also, the reality is...these tests are a part of an admissions package that is meant to start distinguishing what children may easily grasp new concepts and which children may not. If your child scored in the 85 percentile, that should be celebrated. I disturbs me when parents whose children may not have done well want to discredit a child who may be smarter or learns a little faster than their child. ITS LIFE!!! We will not all be successful and you definitely do not need to be bright or "gifted" academically to be successful.

[Anonymous]

OP here: I agree that the test is ridiculous. I'm just trying to make sense of what it is even saying (some of which I found puzzling). My DC did fairly well, but the write up highlights strengths in areas I wouldn't have said DC had and weaknesses in areas that I know aren't weak (my wife is an elementary school teacher and found the results fairly comical given her own observations of our DC). I'm sure given the same test on any different day the results could easily be very different.

I've even heard the same from the testers themselves. I don't put much, if any, weight into it other than the schools will be using the results when making decisions. I don't even get why tbey still require them when everyone agrees they are unreliable. It's an unfortunate annoying necessary part of the process.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Im tired of people saying that parents should not "put that much weight on the test"....Yes we know that not all kids score high and it may have been a bad day for the child. However, these tests can help you determine if there are emerging learning disabilities (if caught early could be addressed), which as a parent you should really look at. Also, the reality is...these tests are a part of an admissions package that is meant to start distinguishing what children may easily grasp new concepts and which children may not. If your child scored in the 85 percentile, that should be celebrated. I disturbs me when parents whose children may not have done well want to discredit a child who may be smarter or learns a little faster than their child. ITS LIFE!!! We will not all be successful and you definitely do not need to be bright or "gifted" academically to be successful.

take deep breaths.