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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Last year, my DS was 103 for Naglieri, which seemed suspiciously low to us. We had him evaluated soon after, not for academic reasons but for ADHD (positive diagnosis). He scored 127 on the WISC administered in that office. This year, he scored 127 composite on the CogAT. Bottom line, I don't have a lot of faith in the Naglieri, particularly when administered in first grade.[/quote]

The nnat and the cogat are different tests that look at different abilities.  Just because your DC got a lower score on the nnat doesn't discount the test and other children's high scores.  The nnat is a bunch of puzzles and those that do well on it are probably very good spatial thinkers.  The cogat tests verbal and quantitative knowledge and some kids might be better at that and would have a better score on the cogat.  Some children are gifted in everything and so they will just score high on everything.  Not to be picky, but just because your child didn't get a high score on a test doesn't make the test bad.  Must we really come up with so many excuses - it's the test, the age, the time of day, the setting, the blah blah blah.[/quote]

As it happens, my child was given a battery of tests in his private evaluation, including a couple that measured spatial reasoning. He scored well across the board. The psychologist--whom I'm sure has more actual knowledge in this area than you, O Random Parent on a Message Board--felt that DS's Naglieri score from school was an outlier.

Must we really shoot down everyone who speaks from their own experience with these tests?

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You sound like such a nice person.  [/quote]

Very witty comeback. Assuming you're the PP to whom I was responding, it was [i]especially[/i] nice of you to butt in to opine that I was giving excuses for my DD's score. I was doing no such thing. I mentioned the test, but I didn't mention age, time of day, the setting, or "blah blah blah," as you so succinctly put it. I was merely replying to a PP who was questioning the NNAT.

If you feel the test is completely legit, you could have merely said so without (incorrectly) judging my reply.

Done with this thread.[/quote]

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