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Our DD9 took the ITBS a month ago, and the test states "Form Level E-13. It's the Complete Battery (math, science, social studies, reading). What grade level is this test?
Thanks!!!

Looks like seventh grade - is that plausible?

From the info at the following link it is grade 7 as ElizabethN said. The E denotes it is aligned with common core standards from what I read.

http://www.riversidepublishing.com/products/ia/pdf/Iowa_Scope_Sequence.pdf

Congratulations greenlotus. I have followed your recent posts. All the more impressive. No wonder the school is finally sitting up and taking notice. I am very pleased and relieved for you. I know it has been a stressful time!

Not familiar with this test. Is it similar to WJ-III in scope?

It is grade 7, though the level of the test does not determine what norms are used in scoring. That is specified by the person filling out the student's information on the answer sheet--frequently the student him/herself. There is a space where the student's grade level is to be bubbled in and that is what is used in scoring the test.

So is it like WJ III?

No. It is a group-administered, multiple-choice test, unlike the WJ, which is individually-administered by a trained examiner, with multiple open-response formats.

Sorry to hijack, but this helps me understand something that happened a while ago - my DS7 said that he had to fill out an answer sheet kind of paper that asked him to rate how good his abilities were in math, LA etc. after he finished an out of level achievement test. I always wondered why, and this makes sense.

So the school psychologist did agree that she gave the ITBS level 13 (we were originally told DD would get the 6th grade test). The grade of the student taking the test would have a bearing on the NPR he/she received. Our DD is in 4th grade, and the sheet states this. How does a 4th grader get scored on this vs. a 7th grader taking the test?

Very helpful. DD9 did not do as well on the WJ as her WISC score indicated that she should (this is what the tester stated). So DD had the opportunity on the ITBS to find the correct answer and circle it vs. the WJ where she would have had to just pull the info from memory - is this correct? I am trying to figure out why the 2 tests would have such different results. I also need to know what the ITBS scores mean in our situation because they will be used to determine if DD can grade skip.