WISC Scores

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Someone on another thread said that the threshold WISC score on appeal is 125. Has anyone out there been successful on appeal with WISC scores in the 120's? Thanks!

My DC had a GAI of 129. Subscores were a lot higher but working memory and processing speed were quite low (which is why the FSIQ, which was in the low 120's I think, was not really relevant). DC's GBRS was 12. DC was accepted and is doing well.

[Anonymous]

Thank you 19:49, for a very helpful post. For 18:36, I meant scaled scores. I wonder would you mind sharing the WISC scores that your DC got with a 16 and 19? TIA and good luck!

[Anonymous]

18:36 pp here.

VCI subtest scaled scores are as follows: Similarities 14, Vocabulary 11, Comprehension 15, Information 12. PRI subtest scaled scores are as follows: Block Design 16, Picture Design 15, and Matrix Reasoning 19. His overall PRI score was 50 with a percentile of 99.7 and composite score of 141.

He only received one scaled score over 17; yet has a PRI composite score of 141. If your information is correct, I would suspect that those would be some very high scores.

[Anonymous]

Not necessarily. My DC has two 16's, a 17, and an 18 but they are spread out over the VCI and PRI, which both ended up in the 130 range.

[Anonymous]

This article is a bit technically dense but may interest some of you who are waiting for decisions based on WISC scores:

http://www.gifteddevelopment.com/About_GDC/indices.htm

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This article is a bit technically dense but may interest some of you who are waiting for decisions based on WISC scores:

http://www.gifteddevelopment.com/About_GDC/indices.htm

This is very good information. Thank you !!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I also heard they like to see two or more subscores of 17 or more.

Does anyone know if this is true for WISC-IV subtest scores?

[Anonymous]

I don't think anyone really "knows", but I can tell you my DD who I had to appeal for last year, had two subscores of 17 and got in on appeal. All of DD's Cogat subtests. Cogat composite and NNAT were between 91-97%. Believe GBRS of 10 kept her out, thus the appeal.

[Anonymous]

Can you try both GMU and Private tester? And appeal with the best score?

[Anonymous]

No. You can only take this test once within a 12 month period. This question is sad. Maybe you should try a bribe to get DC into the program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you try both GMU and Private tester? And appeal with the best score?

No. It is unethical to take an intelligence test twice in the same year. Any psychologist would refuse to administer if they knew you were attempting such a thing. Ability tests are not like ordering fast food. You don't go with the tastier cheeseburger. Ability stays consistent, so this year, or ten years from now your child will score within 5 or so points on the same test.

[Anonymous]

TROLL again!! Mocking the process.. Sad.

[Anonymous]

I meant pp at 23:39 was Troll. Trying to be funny.

[Anonymous]

There is hope for the people who love test taking: your kid can take the SATs/ACTs as many times as the test is offered (about 4 times a year for each test) and colleges will often even mix and match best scores across test dates. So, don't despair, there is a future for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I also heard they like to see two or more subscores of 17 or more.

Does anyone know if this is true for WISC-IV subtest scores?

our DC had not a single one above 17, with FSIQ 125, GBRS 11 got accepted last year in appeal (was in pool and was rejected).