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[quote=Anonymous]OP, there are many reasons why your daughter could have scored low.

Given that it takes a while for the score to be processed with most testers and you do not mention that she was sick, it sounds like the score is "accurate," for what it's worth.

If there was a major issue with the tester, i.e. she frightened your child or your child had an anxious reaction, it's possible that she could have scored lower than her potential, but that's usually unlikely.  Most testers who manage to stay in business as testers in this area know how to set children at ease, even shy children.

Without more information, such as age, subscores, etc, it's impossible to advise you well.

Much of what earlier posters have said is true, i.e. that young kids appear bright because of superior nurture, then have a harder time as core smarts become more important. Two of my DCs had their scores go higher on the WISC than on the WPPSI.  Our tester warned us before the WISC that many scores go down.  When I asked her why they'd gone up, she said the older the kids are, the more accurate a profile in intelligence.

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