How about getting the kids to submit a little creative art project, like a drawing, short story, plasticine figure, whatever. It could probably be left up to th

How about getting the kids to submit a little creative art project, like a drawing, short story, plasticine figure, whatever. It could probably be left up to the child to decide what to make, and you just need to provide them with a theme eg. animals in the jungle or something. Give them 2-3 hours in a classroom to complete the task and then collect up the pieces for assessment. The art projects could be used in conjunction with the test scores as another data point on which to base your decision. Presumably, it would provide some insight into the creativity / imagination of the kids, which I think is of equal importance to raw academic numbercrunching ability.