Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was surprised at how high the scores were for some known kids who got a WISC done by a private psychologist....

was surprised by this too esp. when reading how these scores often went to kids who scored low CogAt and who got a low GBRS (like 6) . Just made me wonder if the WISC is a multiple choice test (either you get the question right or wrong) or there is some interpretation involved by the paid tester?

Psychologist here. There are parts of the WISC that require interpretation, but it is limited. That said, I would NEVER risk my license and reputation by inflating scores. Totally unethical and not worth it.

But how would you get caught? What if you really needed the business and referrals from happy parents who liked the inflated test results? No one who has already run off for private testing after getting rejected by the first round is going to rec a private psychologist who gave their dc a disappointing score.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was surprised at how high the scores were for some known kids who got a WISC done by a private psychologist....

was surprised by this too esp. when reading how these scores often went to kids who scored low CogAt and who got a low GBRS (like 6) . Just made me wonder if the WISC is a multiple choice test (either you get the question right or wrong) or there is some interpretation involved by the paid tester?

Psychologist here. There are parts of the WISC that require interpretation, but it is limited. That said, I would NEVER risk my license and reputation by inflating scores. Totally unethical and not worth it.

Anonymous wrote:Private schools certainly inflate GBRS scores.

This. I heard that there is list, which is black, of private schools that inflate GBRS scores and that the AAP evaluation team knows which schools these are and discounts their findings.

Private schools certainly inflate GBRS scores.

Anonymous wrote:LOL. I can not imagine a LICENSED psychologist would risk their license to inflate scores.

but how would they get caught?

And then there are private psychologists that do WISC testing in addition to an achievement test, where the superior results are in line with a similarly strong CogAT.

Anonymous wrote:Was surprised at how high the scores were for some known kids who got a WISC done by a private psychologist....

was surprised by this too esp. when reading how these scores often went to kids who scored low CogAt and who got a low GBRS (like 6) . Just made me wonder if the WISC is a multiple choice test (either you get the question right or wrong) or there is some interpretation involved by the paid tester?

Anonymous wrote:I... private psychologists who inflate WISC scores...

After all, parents are paying them and they do know what the parents are looking for - high scores would mean good referrals?

Anonymous wrote:I heard that there are blacklisted private psychologists who inflate WISC scores and that the AAP evaluation team knows who these psychologists are and discounts their findings. Has anyone heard about this?

Why would they do this , are they getting bribed to do this? Besides the AAP team needs proof of such misconduct or do they just assume that some of these psychologist are inflating scores. Is this from a reliable source?

Comparable to kids who get a high GBRS from private schools.

What a bummer for families who don't know and innocently go to those psychologists! It's very expensive. What a waste!

Was surprised at how high the scores were for some known kids who got a WISC done by a private psychologist....

LOL. I can not imagine a LICENSED psychologist would risk their license to inflate scores.

You want to find the ones who inflate the score, but are not yet listed... those are gold.

I heard that there are blacklisted private psychologists who inflate WISC scores and that the AAP evaluation team knows who these psychologists are and discounts their findings. Has anyone heard about this?