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[quote=Anonymous]My child is not as old as yours, and the test they prepped for was the ISEE, not the SAT. But we did have a neurospych evaluation a few years ago and my ds has a very high IQ but low processing speed and low coding subscores.  When he gets where he is going, he is much farther along than most kids, but he is not fast to get there.

We prepped him for the  ISEE at home and did practice tests under timed conditions.  He needed all the information about how to strategize test responses - like is it better to guess?  or better to not answer?  and he needed practice under timed conditions.

For cases like yours and mine (where the kid is bright but is not a great test taker) then knowing HOW to take the test and the timing of the test can cause the scores to go up HUGE amounts when the child is prepared, because the first scores are artificially low.

Ds did very, very well on the ISEE (and later on his standardized test scores at school, because he used the skills he gained prepping for the ISEE) and as a result we are unlikely to request accommodations for him to have special testing for the SAT or ACT later. (His neuropsych scores would allow him to be granted special accommodations. )

I would prep your child (either with a tutor or yourself) and see what the practice scores are like, and I would focus on either the SAT or the ACT, not both, and if you need to, get a neuropsych eval to request accommodations if you feel the scores are still not reflective of his abilities.

Good luck to you and your child. [/quote]

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