[quote]on edge wrote:
My seven year old son was administered an IQ test last week. We got the results back yesterday an have an appointment to talk about them tomorrow. I’m kind of ticked off because I’m pretty sure they didn’t administer the test properly.
The test was broken into four sections and his scores in the four areas were as follows; 92 percentile, 79, 7 & 2 percentile. He’s never had any head trauma nor does he have any chromosomal disorders. I look at these results and I see a kid who clearly quit the test. Yet, from what I understand, they already have plans to have him work with biofeedback tools to get him to better utilize certain parts of his brain.
I think they should be more interested in retesting the low sections to at least confirm that he didn’t get burned out. After all, the test took around two hours with only short breaks between each section. I realize I may just be too stubborn to believe my son has some severe intellectual deficiencies, but I also think it’s legitimate to be suspicious of such discrepancies. What the heck do you guys think?[/quote]
Given the spread in scores across categories, I would probably wonder whether the IQ of the test proctors weren’t more cause for worry than your son’s. Find a better psychometrician and get a 2nd opinion.