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[quote=Anonymous][quote]No the test is not a scam when it is used for the appropriate purpose. That is what you aren't getting. The private schools are using a pyschological test for reasons it wasn't designed to be used for. You need to focus on this as the problem.

I think saying that I must believe a significant proportion of kids have disorders is a leap of logic. However, I'm confident there are valid reasons to evaluate a child of 4 or 5. [/quote]

To be clear.  The WPPSI used by area private schools as [b]a mandatory requirement and tool in the admission process [/b]is a $400/child scam.  This IQ test has minimal prognostic value in 4 and 5-year-olds. Therefore, what is the purpose in the admission process unless you believe a large porportion of 4 and 5 year-old kids have learning pathology and disorder.  Why do the schools then make it a [b]mandatory requirement[/b]?

By way of  disclosure.  My then 5-year-old scored a 99.9 percentile (Full scale = 146) on this test because it was required for admission entrance to private school.  We paid $350.00 for the test at the time.  We can afford it.  My child did not have any signs or symptoms of a learning disorder and had a normal child development course.  If the IQ test has no prognostic value why was it required by these schools in the absence of signs and symptoms of a learning disorder?  The only conclusion -- a scam.[/quote]

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