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BRIEF AND FULL ACHIEVEMENT TEST
* These tests are only available in selected areas where specialists
administer them. Please call Dawn Heil to discuss this at 847-854-0347. If you
have a form from a school or a child facility, please complete it, attach
payment, and return it to your administrator.*
The WOODCOCK-JOHNSON ACHIEVEMENT TEST is used to estimate a student’s
achievement level. It can be done either as a full achievement test or as a
brief screening test. The full achievement test evaluates the areas of reading,
mathematics, written language, and knowledge (social studies, science,
humanities). It provides a grade level and/or an age score, a functioning level
(low to very superior), and analyzes each individual subtest. It is a very
comprehensive test which is reported by an educational diagnostician who
provides an individual summary and important recommendations. It can be valuable
for establishing a baseline for a student then testing again each year to
measure growth. For those students who are struggling, it can suggest new ways
for them to learn and possibly succeed better in school. Some use this to
justify accelerating grade level placement. Although this will not make a
diagnosis of a learning disability, some recommendations for further testing may
be made.
The BRIEF ACHIEVEMENT SCREENING TEST is a shortened version of the full
achievement test with scores which are computer generated in the areas of
reading, math, spelling, basic skills and factual knowledge. It compares the
scores to the actual age level of the student and states a functioning
level. Although this can be given as young as four, it is best when students are
doing some simple reading, math, and spelling to get a good picture. The
difference between this and the readiness tests is that this will give a
estimated age/grade score and the readiness tests only evaluate the skills
necessary for kindergarten or first grade success.
Both of these are recommended to be given with the BEHAVIORAL RATING SCALES and
LEARNING STYLES INDICATOR (3-6 years old) or READING/LEARNING STYLES INVENTORY
(seven year and older) to give even a better profile of the overall student.
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