The WISC-IV Test of Intelligence
By Inderbir Kaur Sandhu, Ph.D
Q:
My son recently took the Wesley test to enter the gifted
program in his school. He scored an average of 139 with a
Math score of 149. According to the tester he was off the
chart literally. Where can I find information about the
testing and how to deal with a gifted child? We live in
Pennsylvania.
A: The Wechsler Intelligence
Scale for Children Fourth edition (WISC-IV) is among the
most widely used children's intellectual ability assessment
today. There are 10 required subtests (5 are supplementary)
that yield a Full Scale IQ score and four Composite scores
that are; Verbal Comprehension, Perceptual Reasoning,
Working Memory, and Processing Speed. The Verbal
Comprehension and Perceptual Reasoning Composites are very
good indicators of giftedness (apparently Working Memory and
Processing Speed are not).
You son's average scores are rather high but as mentioned
above, the best indicators of giftedness would be a DWI-1
score that can be computed for the combination of Verbal
Comprehension and Perceptual Reasoning. An educational
psychologist would be best able to interpret the scores. A
good place to start looking for information on giftedness
would be the Gifted Association in your area:
Pennsylvania Association for the Gifted (PAGE)
3026 Potshop Road
Norristown, PA 19403
You may also want to view past advice in this newsletter.
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Dawn P. Flanagan Ph.D, Alan S. Kaufman Ph.D
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