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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DS got labeled as Gifted as he got awesome percentile in all five areas: 99,99,95,91,91. So, there are no disparity in the score and this test is not useless. I am happy he would not go through the basic instructions in Grade 3 that will save his lots of time in learning more advanced stuff.[/quote]

This made me chuckle. We're all like this! If my kid does well on the test, it's a good test ("and not useless") If our kid does poorly, it's a bad test.  I like your pride in your kid, PP, though I hope you'd love him just as much if he were in the 60th percentile. And that he's happy and healthy too. Your later post made it sound like you felt like it was your own doing that he did so well. I'd just say to remember not to push too hard. I think it's important that kids are challenged at any age, but even more important than high scores is basic happiness and well-being. (I'm not saying we can't celebrate smarts as we do sports! In fact, I'd say the same thing to parents who were doing everything to make a kid excel at a sport. Don't forget the whole person.) It seems to me that the people who do best in life overall are not often those who had the highest scores as young kids. [/quote]

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