WIAT II

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WIAT II

• Exam 1 next week
• WIAT II Admin Score
• Interpretation
• Bonus exercise

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Exam 1 content

• Discrepancy formula (use and rationale)
• Georgia Special Ed guidelines
• WJ-III Ach, WIAT-II
• Class lecture
• Other
• Confidentiality of cases

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WIAT II Composites Subtests

• Reading
• Word Reading
• Reading Comprehension
• Pseudoword Decoding
• Mathematics
• Numberical Operations
• Math Reasoning
• Written Language
• Spelling
• Written Expression
• Oral Language
• Listening Comprehension
• Oral Expression

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Word Reading

• Assess pre-reading (phonological awareness) and
  decoding Skills.
• Name the letters of the alphabet
• Identify and generate rhyming words
• Identify the beginning and ending sounds of words
  
• Match sounds with letters and letter blends
• Read aloud from a graded word list
• ADMIN
• Lower levels in stimulus booklet (alphabet)
• Items 48-131 use Word Card, read rows
• 0 mispronounce
• 1 correct, less than 3 seconds
• 1 correct after 3 second self-correct, check gt3
  column

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Numerical Operations

• Evaluate the ability to identify and write
  numbers
• Count using 11 correspondence
• Solve written calculation problems
• Solve simple equations involving all basic
  operations (addition, subtraction,
  multiplication, and division)
• Admin Notes
• Add pennies for item 6-7
• Pencil no eraser

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Reading Comprehension

• Reading of word, sentences passages
• Match a written word with representative picture
• Read passages and answer questions
• Read short sentences aloud, and respond to
  comprehension questions
• Admin Notes
• Read aloud passages score Target Words
• Time reading passages
• Stop testing at Stop point

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Spelling

• Write dictated letters, letter blends, and words
• Spell word after used in sentence
• Reversal 0 on first 3
• Discontinue 7 scores of 0

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Pseudoword Decoding

• Word attack skills
• Read list of nonsense words that mimic the
  phonetic structure of words in the English
  language
• Use audiotape for EXAMINER to learn correct
  pronunciation of words

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Math Reasoning

• Assess the ability to reason mathematically
• Count
• Identify geometric shapes
• Solve single- and multi-step word problems
• Interpret graphs
• Identify mathematical patterns
• Solve problems related to statistics and
  probability
• Standard Admin Rules

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Written Expression

• Measure the examinees writing skills at all
  levels of language
• Timed alphabet writing
• Written word fluency
• Combine and generate sentences
• Produce a rough-draft paragraph (Grades 3-6) or a
  persuasive essay (Grades 7-16)
• Timed tests

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Listening Comprehension

• Sections Receptive, Comprehension, Expressive
• Standard administration

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Oral Expression

• Reflect a broad range of oral language activities
• Verbal word fluency
• Sentence repetition
• Generate stories from visual clues
• Generate directions from visual or verbal clues
• May use tape recorder for Visual Pass Retell

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Score Calculation

• Manual
• Grade Equivalent score problems (p. 147)
• Discrepancy (152-158)
• Reading Comp weighted raw to SS
• Reliability and SEM (p 106, 107)
• Ability-achievement discrepancy

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Interpretive Steps

• Validity of results
• Ability-Achievement discrepancy in composite
  scores
• Discrepancy among composite scores K.1 K.3
• Difference in Subtests (subtest to average of
  other tests) K. 6
• Intersubtest scatter (high-low) K.12
• Intepret Ability-Ach Discrep
• Qualitative Observations
• Error Analysis