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Had DD5 tested today with the WJ-III achievement test. Super bummed there was a miscommunication about which subtests the tester has access to. I had said before making the appointment that I wanted to get Broad Reading, Broad Math, Broad Written Language, and Total Achievement scores, along with a full written report. The tester confirmed she could do that and gave me a flier that explained that the cost of testing included the administration of the "Standard Battery- 13 tests." (And I see now that the standard battery is actually 12 tests so maybe I should have done more research before jumping into this.)

Turns out she does not actually give everything in the standard battery because she doesn't have all of the tests- she has a mix of tests from the standard and extended battery that she thinks are most helpful for parents to get a picture of their child's achievement. (She mostly does testing for home schoolers). Anyway, this meant that she didn't have test 11, Writing Samples, which is used to calculate both the Broad Written Language and Total Achievement scores.

I'll post her scores here. The surprises for me were that her Broad Reading doesn't qualify for DYS, and that her Broad Math does. If you'd asked me this morning I would have said she'd be a shoo-in to get >99.9 on reading but probably between 90-95th percentile on math. Shows what I know. It was her comprehension that pulled the reading score down. Spelling/Writing Fluency were also surprisingly high to me. I didn't know she would be given the some of these subtests, like Academic Knowledge and Editing so I didn't have any expectations there.

Standard Score Percentile
Brief Achievement-------------163------------------- >99.9
Brief Reading-----------------152------------------- >99.9
Brief Math--------------------151------------------- >99.9
Broad Reading-----------------139-------------------- 99.6
Broad Math--------------------156------------------- >99.9
Basic Reading Skills----------148-------------------- 99.9
Basic Writing Skills----------160------------------- >99.9
Academic Skills---------------160------------------- >99.9
Academic Fluency--------------168------------------- >99.9
Math Calculation Skills-------148------------------- 99.9
Reading Comprehension---------140------------------- 99.6

Academic Knowledge------------138------------------ ?
Letter-Word Identification----153------------------ >99.9
Reading Fluency---------------154------------------ >99.9
Passage Comprehension---------137------------------ 99
Word Attack-------------------135------------------ ?
Reading Vocabulary------------127------------------ ?
Spelling----------------------148------------------ 99.9
Writing Fluency---------------139------------------ 99.5
Editing-----------------------200------------------ ?
Punctuation & Capitalization--132------------------ ?
Calculation-------------------139------------------ 99.6
Math Fluency------------------147------------------ 99.9
Applied Problems--------------164------------------ >99.9

Edited to add the final subtest we finally got:
Writing Samples---------------144------------------ 99.8