Spectrum tested

We had Jordan tested privately for "cognitive ability," and he hit it out of the park. "I got a lot of check marks," he told me, and he must have been right because his scores are plenty high. He is particularly strong in what they call "fluid reasoning" (this is the Stanford-Binet 5), which has to do with adapting between inductive and deductive reasoning skills. We've submitted the score report to the school district and are hoping that he will be admitted to the Spectrum Young Scholars program.

I didn't get much out of him about the test itself (Dale brought him to be tested while I was out of town, and he had Aaron along). Jordan said that he had to build things out of blocks, and he had to build the opposite of what the testing lady built: "Like if she did red, yellow, yellow, I would do yellow, yellow, red," he explained. He added, "She was not a very good builder." The score report said that Jordan "enjoyed sharing information about himself and his experiences" and that, while his attention and effort were "adequate to excellent," he "frequently required reminders to stay in his seat." That's our Jordan! Elsewhere in the report she said he was an "inquisitive and delightful young boy." We agree.