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Hi,
This is very confusing to me. I have the Battery III
and Part 1-test of Cognitive Abilities
Part II-test of Achievement.

Mostly concerned with math scores for subject acceleration:
son tested Broad Math: 159, Math calc skills: 159 Math Fluency: 152. also very high in Cognitive Abilites such as auditory process, broad attention, thinking ability--lot of very Superiors.
What does this mean? Is this considered gifted. We are planning on having him take the SCAT as well. Wondering if we need to do the WISC also.

Any help would be appreciated. I am lost.

thanks. ASH

Those are all VERY gifted achievement scores, are their similar scores in the cognitive section? If so it's time to start filling out your DYS application.

The more details you post here the more help people will be able to provide. I don't know much about the WJ other than that broad Math score is well into the range for DYS.

Can you post all the scores? That might help people give you more targeted feedback. Have you done an IQ test?

ASH, each of my kids has taken the WJ-III Cognitive Abilities test. Were you given scores for the Cog battery along with the "very superior" etc descriptions? The reports I have list a set of descriptive terms such as "average, high average, superior, very superior" to group scores - Very Superior can mean any score from 131 to the test limit.

You should also get a "GIA" # from the WJ-III Cog Abilities test that is similar to FSIQ on the WISC.

There is a standard report form for the WJ-III that you should be able to get from your tester that lists all subtests and groupings of test by category, and includes (for each) things like Standardized Score, Percentile, Grade Equivalent etc. I don't think you should need to redo the WISC unless there is a program that you're trying to get your child into that requires it. We have both the WISC and WJ-III for our 2e ds12 - he scored slightly higher on the WJ-III but hit hard ceilings on the WISC.

It's jmo, but I have found that overall the information I got out of the WJ-III Cognitive battery, particularly when combined with the achievement sections, gave me a better understanding of how my kid's brains work and how they learn best.... but otoh, two of my three kids are 2e and the non-2e child has her own set of challenges. I'd guess from your ds' achievement scores that there are no concerns about 2e!

Best wishes,

polarbear

The WJ-III Cognitive Abilities is an IQ test.

polarbear

Polarbear,

Thanks for clarifying. I have a lot to learn! Catalana

Probably no where near as much as I have left to learn



polarbear

He was 6 when he took these tests, he is now almost 9,so maybe I should do the WISC??? He was also sick, which I am not sure matters, evidently he did very well on the area we thought he would which was math, and some other areas which were surprising.

All the information is on the report RPI, PR, SS, Functioning Level, and Grade.

Thanks for all your help. Any other thoughts keep them coming.

What is 2E???

Twice exceptional - gifted, plus a disability, usually a learning disability (dyslexia, ADHD, Asperger's, whatever)