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I'm not worried about him being &quot;normal&quot;. I want him to enjoy going to school. His scores seemed quite good to the people who assessed him... I don't know anything about the tests and their reliability, and haven't had time to read up on them. (It seems like they make a lot of conclusions based on a couple of hours of testing, of a four-year old!) Woodcock-Johnson III: achievement (99), reading (99), math (98), writing (&gt;99.9), academic knowledge (81). RIAS VIX (99.74), NIX (58), CIX (95). So scores all over the board on the second one.[/quote]

OP, as a neuropsychologist I want to point out that there is some confusion about the testing. You would never say someone is gifted based on achievement scores and most schools want the WISC. Research has also shown RIAS scores tend to be higher than the WISC. If the RAIS NIX (reasoning and problem solving in the absence of any requirement for prior knowledge) was really 58 (and this isn't a typo) then you have a significant discrepancy and he needs to be evaluated further. [/quote]

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