Post by dhfl143 on Feb 21, 2010 19:34:48 GMT -5
A parent on LDOnLine asked for help with understanding testing scores. I have directed them here. Can you guys help out?
Here is their original post:
"My daughter was re-evaluated last year. She is now currently in third grade. The school is classifying her as a slow learner. I would agree but that is not the only problem. I believe she has memory and processing problems and I am not entirely sure that she received all of the testing necessary to identify her as having a learning disability. Perhaps someone can help me understand her scores. She is unable to do more than one task at a time. She has a lot of difficulty with spelling and I believe her written expression will suffer. She works extremely hard and despite her hard work seems to just do okay. She needs a lot of repetition. She repeats words when reading and often can't recall a new word despite having just read it.
Her WISC-IV scores are as follows:
VCI 102,
PRI 108,
WMI 104,
PSI 85, and
FSIQ 102.
Verbal Comprehension Subtest (scaled score)
Similarities 9,
Vocabulary 11,
Comprehension 12;
Perceptual Reasonsing:
Block design 7,
Picture Concepts 15* (No ceiling point reached),
and Matrix Reasoning 12;
Working Memory:
Digit Span 11 and
Letter Number Sequencing 11;
Processing Speed:
Coding 6,
Symbol Search 9.
Woodcok Johnson II Test of Cognitive Abilities: The school only tested phonemic awareness and my daughter ranked 116-128. I have no idea why they didn't just do the entire test of cognitive abilities. Perhaps they were trying to be cute!!
WIAT-II - Reading Comprehension was 92.
Woodcok Johnson Test of Achievement:
Letter-word identification 101,
Reading Fluency 102,
Passage Comprehsnion 98;
Broad Math:
Calculations 102,
Applied Problems 94, and
Math Fluency 92;
Broad Written Language: Spelling 84,
Writing Fluency 92, and
Writing Samples 114. "
Thank guys in advance!
Here is their original post:
"My daughter was re-evaluated last year. She is now currently in third grade. The school is classifying her as a slow learner. I would agree but that is not the only problem. I believe she has memory and processing problems and I am not entirely sure that she received all of the testing necessary to identify her as having a learning disability. Perhaps someone can help me understand her scores. She is unable to do more than one task at a time. She has a lot of difficulty with spelling and I believe her written expression will suffer. She works extremely hard and despite her hard work seems to just do okay. She needs a lot of repetition. She repeats words when reading and often can't recall a new word despite having just read it.
Her WISC-IV scores are as follows:
VCI 102,
PRI 108,
WMI 104,
PSI 85, and
FSIQ 102.
Verbal Comprehension Subtest (scaled score)
Similarities 9,
Vocabulary 11,
Comprehension 12;
Perceptual Reasonsing:
Block design 7,
Picture Concepts 15* (No ceiling point reached),
and Matrix Reasoning 12;
Working Memory:
Digit Span 11 and
Letter Number Sequencing 11;
Processing Speed:
Coding 6,
Symbol Search 9.
Woodcok Johnson II Test of Cognitive Abilities: The school only tested phonemic awareness and my daughter ranked 116-128. I have no idea why they didn't just do the entire test of cognitive abilities. Perhaps they were trying to be cute!!
WIAT-II - Reading Comprehension was 92.
Woodcok Johnson Test of Achievement:
Letter-word identification 101,
Reading Fluency 102,
Passage Comprehsnion 98;
Broad Math:
Calculations 102,
Applied Problems 94, and
Math Fluency 92;
Broad Written Language: Spelling 84,
Writing Fluency 92, and
Writing Samples 114. "
Thank guys in advance!