Anonymous wrote:I too am confuse/naive about choosing a "good fit" tester. There must be more to it that searching for a tester in a convenient location with a convenient appointment available? I did choose a woman who graduated from schools I recognize. But beyond that, how do you find a "good fit" tester?

Someone who is warm and engages shy kids can help if your kid is shy. If your kid is more outgoing and possibly overexcited, you may want someone who communicates, nicely, that this is all business. At age three or four, if you don't like the tester, his/her office is too distracting (filled with toys, fish tank in testing room or whatever), or your underwear is really itching your rear, it can really skew the score. You try to pick somebody who is best for your child, although it can be awfully hard to tell, and someone who is good for your neighbor's kid might be wrong for you. Some people are better at drawing info out of kids and so on. It's kind of a crapshoot, really.

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Not trying to debate that here on this thread but you're welcome to start a new one to discuss. I'd rather this just remain anecdotal for curiosity sake. I don't mind other's interpretations of their own experience but please spin off a new thread if a topic sparks your interest so this doesn't derail into a 10 page debate on IQ, IQ testing, etc.

No debate, but clearly some don't have the IQ to see the direct connection and relevance and others do.

Fine, whatever you say. Just start a new thread please or continue with one of the other 10 on the same topic.

Anyways...curious to hear from other parents!

Not trying to debate that here on this thread but you're welcome to start a new one to discuss. I'd rather this just remain anecdotal for curiosity sake. I don't mind other's interpretations of their own experience but please spin off a new thread if a topic sparks your interest so this doesn't derail into a 10 page debate on IQ, IQ testing, etc.

No debate, but clearly some don't have the IQ to see the direct connection and relevance and others do.

Anonymous wrote:One of my friend's nephew's scored about 95 at age 3 on WPPSI. At 6 he took the WISC and got 145. Neither test was prepped as they were part of an educational evaluation for an IEP and not private school admissions.

An acquaintance of mine's child peformed around 130 at age 3 and was 155+ also on the WPPSI at 5.

Seems that the very young children seem to do alot of cognitive growth after age 3 and it's reflected in many of these examples.

this makes a lot of sense - if the first test was diagnostic and the nephew then got good services, a big jump (if not typically 50 points) is not unheard of. Sounds like by age 6 he was more able to access and demonstrate his intelligence.

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One of my friend's nephew's scored about 95 at age 3 on WPPSI. At 6 he took the WISC and got 145. Neither test was prepped as they were part of an educational evaluation for an IEP and not private school admissions.

An acquaintance of mine's child peformed around 130 at age 3 and was 155+ also on the WPPSI at 5.

Seems that the very young children seem to do alot of cognitive growth after age 3 and it's reflected in many of these examples.

Cognitive growth or optimal tester-testee fit (if "real"/ "innate"/ "raw"/ IQ is fixed)?

Is IQ fixed or not?

Not trying to debate that here on this thread but you're welcome to start a new one to discuss. I'd rather this just remain anecdotal for curiosity sake. I don't mind other's interpretations of their own experience but please spin off a new thread if a topic sparks your interest so this doesn't derail into a 10 page debate on IQ, IQ testing, etc.

One of my friend's nephew's scored about 95 at age 3 on WPPSI. At 6 he took the WISC and got 145. Neither test was prepped as they were part of an educational evaluation for an IEP and not private school admissions.

An acquaintance of mine's child peformed around 130 at age 3 and was 155+ also on the WPPSI at 5.

Seems that the very young children seem to do alot of cognitive growth after age 3 and it's reflected in many of these examples.

Cognitive growth or optimal tester-testee fit (if "real"/ "innate"/ "raw"/ IQ is fixed)?

Is IQ fixed or not?

I too am confuse/naive about choosing a "good fit" tester. There must be more to it that searching for a tester in a convenient location with a convenient appointment available? I did choose a woman who graduated from schools I recognize. But beyond that, how do you find a "good fit" tester?

One of my friend's nephew's scored about 95 at age 3 on WPPSI. At 6 he took the WISC and got 145. Neither test was prepped as they were part of an educational evaluation for an IEP and not private school admissions.

An acquaintance of mine's child peformed around 130 at age 3 and was 155+ also on the WPPSI at 5.

Seems that the very young children seem to do alot of cognitive growth after age 3 and it's reflected in many of these examples.

Does WPPSI IQ score fluctuate importantly with optimal fit of tester and testee? If it does what types of variables constitute optimal fit? For example, nice voice, beard, gender, race, ethnicity, SES, religion?

There is a lot of shopping for the "right" tester on these Boards? How on earth is WPPSI a credible test if "fit" affects score in a significant manner?

Both of my children scored significantly higher on the second WPPSI one year after the first. I think it was because I learned to pick a better personality for each of them the second time. The higher score was about what we would expect or perhaps just a hair lower based on parent IQ. The first one for each kid was ridiculously low.

DD tested at age 4 years , one month w/ WIPPSI and again at 8 1/2 years w/ WISC results were 135 at WIPPSI, 145 on WISC

I know this is not the exact question but DC's scores went up .01 from 2.11 to 3.11, FWIW.

We used the same tester. I honestly wouldn't have it any other way. DC remember the tester so there was no anxiety and DC understood that it was another session of playing games (what we called it) and the tester remembered DC.

Good luck

My DD's scores went up significantly from 4 to 6. We also used a more experienced tester.

Almost identical. Processing score went up which shifted a bit. Tested at 3.3 and 5.3.

Just out of pure curiosity...

Those who have had their DC tested at 3 or 4 and re-tested a few years later with WPPSI or WISC, where the scores stable? If not, did they go up or down and by how much?