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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I got a letter and my child was not identified gifted.  Which is fine, I'm not concerned.  What concerns me is the disparity in the testing, he scored a 90% in onw test and a 20% in one test.  I tried to google and couldn't find ANYTHING about the testing.  I was told the test was given all in one day which could allow for this kind of disparity, but still, that is a HUGE range.[/quote]

FWIW, this kind of disparity would be a major red flag for me -- I would want to check why and see if there are any other indications that there might be an LD or ADD involved.

Write a letter to the principal.  Tell the principal that you are requesting to see a copy of your child's answers and the test and that you have a right to do so under FERPA.  You may have to sign a non-disclosure agreement.  The school will tell you no, but persist -- it is your right.  I would look at the test and see what answers my child got wrong. Is there a pattern?  Certain types of questions?  Maybe they didn't understand what to do?  Did most of the answers come at the end of a section, then maybe attention is playing a role.  Ask questions about how/when the test was administered -- time of day, all sections in one sitting, were directions self-read or read aloud by proctor, etc.

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good lord.  My DD had similar disparities. She scored very highly on one or two of reading tests, but then was in the 30s and 40s for the quantitative reasoning. I have absolutely  no concern that she has an LD or is ADD. She just doesn't like math so I'm sure she panicked a bit and maybe zoned out. I don't know. I think these tests are somewhat useless and since I assumed she wasn't going to get the GT label, I wasn't all that upset when I was proved right.  She's a great kid who loves to learn, and tests don't really capture that.  It is frustrating, however, how the letter is worded in ridiculous, garbled jargon, which makes it basically impossible to interpret the results. The only thing I got out of that letter was that my 2nd grade DD is reading at an end-of3rd-grade level and that she's at her appropriate grade level for math.  Blah blah blah blah. [/quote]

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