[blindlaw] IQ Testing

Tue Nov 11 03:20:22 UTC 2008

Anne Marie, 

Please contact me off-list at _ro at browngold.com_ (mailto:ro at browngold.com) .  
I have some questions  for you, and we may possibly have some direction we 
can take.  But I need  more information and also to talk to some people before I 
can be sure.

Regards,
Ronza Othman

In a message dated 11/10/2008 2:09:04 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
theweisberggroup at sbcglobal.net writes:

I'm  confident everyone who is on this list who is blind has had that   
experience.  Sorry.
On Nov 10, 2008, at 8:40 AM, Prevost, Ann  Marie wrote:

> Hello-
>
> I am an attorney in NYC and  the mother of a 4 year old visually  
> impaired/legally blind  daughter. She is also a triplet which makes  
> this interesting. I  have recently had all three tested for a  
> particular Gifted and  Talented program in the City. The results have  
> come in. I am  not surprised - however - I am angry. The boys tested  
> within 2  points of each other and will very easily make the cut-off  
> for  at least some of the G&T programs in the City. My daughter's   
> score was more than 20 points less then the boys. Yes they   
> supposedly made accommodations - a few enlargements I believe.   
> However the test is geared toward children with vision. No  matter  
> how bright she is she has a disadvantage in that she  does not  
> receive her information the same way. Maybe when she  is older these  
> tests will even out - but as a 4 year old I  don't think they can  
> possibly be accurate. If she had been 5 or  10 points behind I  
> wouldn't be so upset - but not  20.
>
> My daughter is lucky because she is set to go to the  public school  
> my older son is already in. However, that is not  the point. What  
> upsets me is that we are supposed to accept  this score instead of  
> insisting on a test for the visually  impaired - which don't seem to  
> exist. Heck, I would like to  test all the other children who took  
> the test on the things she  knows and does!!!!!!
>
> What I am more worried about is the  future when she needs to take  
> other tests which do not  adequately reflect her ability.
>
> Has anyone had any experience  with this?
>
> I can't thank you all enough. Being on this list  serve has been so  
> helpful to me.
>
> Ann Marie  Prevost
>
> Ann Marie Prevost
> Sidley Austin LLP
>  787 Seventh Avenue
> New York, New York 10019
>  aprevost at sidley.com
> 212-839-5408
>
>
>
>  
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