tricky questions!

Hi,

I replied to your post on the other board about the specific questions so I'll let that go here. I am interested in what others have to say though! :lol:

I don't know how they will grade your test. I know for the boys' test there were like three grades per test...

1) The actual grade. IE It took you 25 seconds to complete this test. This is the least helpful grade, in and of itself.

2) The grade equalalant. IE David took these tests when he was in grade 4.5 (the fifthed month of the fourth grade). His grade equaliant was 1.5 (equal to what the "average" kid does at the fifth month of first grade) or 10.9 or whatever.

3) The percentile grade. David proformed at 51%. (49% of fifth graders did better, 51% did worse.)

These are not the correct titles. I don't remember them.

The last one was very important for us as our state uses this to determine if services will be offered at the school. David needed to proform 1.75 standard deviations below where his IQ would indicate he should be at for services. That why you often hear that a LD dx proves you have at least average IQ...anything less and you couldn't get 1.75 standard deivations difference. Some states don't use this model and others have different standard deivations (1.5 is a common one).

The grade equaliant thing is also important in our state because it is used to see if the services being offered are enough. It is a rule of thumb that the grade equaliant should move up at least one year for each each of special ed. Of course with good remediation more progress could be made.

I'm glad it is going so well.