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Can I administer the PK-6 items instead to a very low functioning student who will not be able to write an essay?

Can I discontinue testing if the student fails an entire reading passage?

Can I provide a student a place marker for the Word Reading and Pseudoword Decoding subtests?

Can I reverse, using the reversal rule, more than once?

Can I still calculate supplemental quartile scores for Target Words and Reading Speed if reversal was used?

Can the student use a calculator on Math Reasoning?

Can we give credit for round objects that are questionable?

Do you calculate Target words if you reverse in Reading Comprehension?

Examinee has reversed to the appropriate item set but is unable to correctly answer any of the questions

Examinee in grade 1 eceived a raw score of 0 on the Pseudoword Decoding, but still received a standard score of 79.

Examinee who reversed has a higher standard score than someone who did not reverse and performed poorly.

For Numerical Operations, if the child gave the following answer (2.84) for item 20, is this correct?

For Spelling, what are the exceptions for letter reversal?

For the Word Fluency items, should I give the student credit for stating the sample items?

For Written Expression, what word in word fluency is given as a sample that can not be scored?

How can standard scores be generated for raw scores of 0 on the WIAT-II subtests? How does this affect the Composite score?

How do I know when the student is pronouncing the pseudowords properly?

How do we indicate errors that are not included in the scoring rubrics?

How many grades do you reverse back to if a child gets all zeros for all grade specific reversal items?

I received a really high standard score when a 4th grader reversed back to grade 1, what does this mean?

If a child misspells their name in the spelling subtest, item 1, do they receive credit?

If a child skips a letter in writing the alphabet, do the subsequent letters still receive credit?

If a student starts at the 9-12 grade start point and gets zeros on item 94-98, what grade do they reverse to?

If clinician is testing between June and July, what grade do you test the child on?

If it is clear that a student is not reading the passage, should I record the Reading Speed score?

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For the Word Fluency items, should I give the student credit for stating the sample items?

Article ID: 2158

Last updated: 23 Nov, 2008

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For the Word Fluency items, should I give the student credit for stating the sample items?

Answer:

The students verbatim use of words that were part of the prompt should not be credited as correct. For Word Fluency B, a variation of the prompt (e.g., ride a horse) can be credited.

Article ID: 2158

Last updated: 23 Nov, 2008

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