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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I appealed successfully for my DD. The only thing I included for the appeal was the WISC score. I didn't go to GMU but found a local psychologist that offered testing. I was careful to pick someone that looked non-scary, pleasant and attractive. I know this sounds weird, but a private school mom offered me that piece of advice. She had her kids take the WISC multiple times (for private school, not AAP) and said they did better when the person giving the test was attractive. You are leaving a young kid alone with someone in a room and if they look scary or stern, the kid might not focus.

My DD's NNAT was 114. I think it's worth the $400. [/quote]

We did the same thing. Once the kid got the hang of the WISC their scores were also through the roof. I think it only took 4 tries.[/quote]

I kind of assumed this was a joke, right?  Is it even ethical for a psychologist to administer the WISC 4x in quick succession, or did you keep shopping around for different ones? Poor kid.  I think it's helpful for smart kids to be grouped together, but if it doesn't work out for your DC at FCPS, why not supplement, add extra classes out of school, or send DC to private since you seem to have plenty of financial resources (assuming you were indeed serious and not playing with the parents here)?[/quote]

You can’t administer a WISC more than once in a 12 month period… it’s an IQ test not an ability test. [/quote]

Some private school parents trying to game the system with such bravado :D more than 1 Wisc v test a year is illegal.[/quote]

So was buying the test answers for TJ but that didn't stop anyone either.[/quote]

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