I think it is crazy that these are all so big. And this comes from a well established behavioral researcher who understands that there is a bias here, that higher scores are more likely to be reported than lower ones. And, that parents of children with higher scores are more likely to remember such scores and are more likely to consider the test scores a valid/worthy measure of their child's ability. I also understand that these children come from highly educated parents in a wealthy area. And, even acknowledge that some may possibly be the result of testers who are willing to rig some scores or parents who find a way to prep their child for the test. Yet, it still amazes me. I actually thought the anonymous nature would leave more people willing to share...not just all the huge scores.

130
97 percentile

1st child -- 144 Full Scale at age 4.2
2nd child -- 156 Full Scale at age 4.5

I'm not interested in anything specific about anyone's children and what makes them unique as I find all children to be amazing and not defined by test scores. BUT for the purpose of this question and this region, I am just interested in the Full Scale Score that your child got on the WPPSI-III test and their age. Nothing else, just the score as I would like the greatest number of people to answer. I'd love it if it didn't devolve into a discussion about the merits of the test, private schools, etc. Thanks.

Why are you asking, then? You can't possibly be expecting to draw any conclusions from an anonymous forum of self selecting parents, right? Because there are notorious biases in this type of sampling. But surely, you know this and are asking for some other mysterious reason, right? I think it's important to question the validity and reliability of such questions to encourage the answers to be on topic and relevant.

(Before the rude people respond, I'm not a jealous PS parent or GT reject. I'm a researcher who thinks people asking inflammatory questions should be called out. No kids.)

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:118, 81 percentile, 4.11 years

OMG ... how do you sleep at night knowing your child is so average???

(just kidding ... I'm sockpuppeting cause I just couldn't resist! )

Ha ha ha, you are so funny. (Actually, you are an asshole).

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139 99.5 5 years 2 months

4 years 148 FSIQ

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:118, 81 percentile, 4.11 years

OMG ... how do you sleep at night knowing your child is so average???

(just kidding ... I'm sockpuppeting cause I just couldn't resist! )

Ha ha ha, you are so funny. (Actually, you are an asshole).

1st child: 144 at 6 years 2 months, 99.8%
2nd child 146 at 4 years 2.5 months, 99.9%

135 Full Scale , 8 years old and top 10% of her class on the ERB if that gives you some idea of what the other 90% of kids in "big 3" privates score.

Anonymous wrote:
I know you're kidding but you do realize that 81 is not an average percentile, right? 50th is average.

Not here. The DCUM Private Schools forum is like Lake Wobegon. All the men are good looking, and all the children are above average.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:118, 81 percentile, 4.11 years

OMG ... how do you sleep at night knowing your child is so average???

(just kidding ... I'm sockpuppeting cause I just couldn't resist! )

I know you're kidding but you do realize that 81 is not an average percentile, right? 50th is average.

Anonymous wrote:118, 81 percentile, 4.11 years

OMG ... how do you sleep at night knowing your child is so average???

(just kidding ... I'm sockpuppeting cause I just couldn't resist! )

118, 81 percentile, 4.11 years

See here for spin off thread for commentary on WPPSI scores and related issues -- http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/0/201268.page#1951643 I'm just doing my part to limit litter on this thread.