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CogAT and ITBS
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I'm wondering if you think I should have her tested for giftedness. Is there a test better than another, or does school work prove more than anything? The reason I ask this is because I have thought some of placing my daughter in public school as...
July 21
It's been my experience over 25 years of teaching gifted that there are some skills that cannot be taught, maybe improved but not mastered. Some kids have it, some don't.
July 21
Actually, the nonverbal test-taking skills can be taught, as can any test-taking skills. They are less often taught than the verbal components, so tend to be a measure that is not as correlated with education.
July 7
I think the 147 nonverbal is the most telling--the nonverbal skills cannot (IMHO) be taught. The bottom of the top 1% on the WISC is 135 and usually a good indicator of gifted ability. Cogat scores tend to run higher than an individual test.
July 7
Likely to be gifted---certainly worth further testing if there are any gifted programs that she would qualify for with the testing.
July 6
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I recently received my 11 year old's standardized test scores and I am wondering if it is likely that she is gifted or if she is well taught child who is good at test taking. Of course I understand that neither of these tests are IQ tests. Her Io...
July 5
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