Many children will score slightly less at this stage, due to the fact that it is the first test under test conditions. Nerves tend to kick in. Her confidence should grow little by little over the 3 practice tests.
There are 3 questions that nearly all children [unless they have already seen the test] get wrong. The last one in the section of maths series, the sequence is +3 + 9 +27 the next being worked out at +81 making the answer 122. Finding the missing 3 letter word where the part word is perforations, missing word for
. An analogy where you use stitches to sew and strokes to paint [so many put pat
] The section finding one word for 4 words can cause a few problems too.
Many children will also score exceedingly well. They tend to be the children with older siblings [or from some tutors] because they have the practice papers at home. They have not changed since they were introduced. Some children have therefore seen/sat the actual test.
Hence why schools SHOULD NOT
use them to rank their children [but some still do! ]
Dont forget that if you are using the GL papers you still need to practice HIKNOS because they are not included. If you have not already used them perhaps get the IPS additional questions [about 12 of each of the 21 types] just to keep her ticking over, complete a few of each type each evening.