IQ results... Can anyone explain this to me?

performersmom
Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:10:05 +0000

This is a very interesting discussion. Thank you OP!
D tested 155 V and 144 P in middle school. Why did we test her? Because she was tuning out and not stimulated by school, and was showing some emotional stress.
Funny thing: one of her very best teachers (one of those who just “has” it, can see each individual student clearly, motivate each one, yet maintain a well-behaved and pregressing class- not enough of them LOL) was her K teacher, who had told us that she was reading at the college level at age 5. (A good teacher may not need these tests!)
After that, she was bored, but the teachers did not know what to do with her except load her up with extra work, which was a big turn-off. Skipping a grade is a taboo in or world, too.
Anyway, she stayed where she was and was finally challenged a bit in 7th and 8th grade (her K-8 school becomes a pre-HS pressure-cooker), and was head of the Student Body on 8th grade.
She went to a very demanding HS and that has been a great decision- she really has had to work to keep up, and she has succeeded- YAY! Her Math SAT test scores are not in line with her verbal now, as we look at colleges, even though she gets the highest grades in an advanced math course sequence…
Anyway, we are hoping that the current highly competitive environment in college admission does not push her in to a school environment which is not challenging enough (as in her Lower School)- she needs to be in a pretty fast swimming pond!
Funny how all this comes up at each step of the way. So important to be aware and try to find the right environment for each learner. Goos luck to all and thanks for sharing your experiences- illuminating!!