Originally Posted by aeh
Hm. Unfortunate that there was no achievement testing.

Well, I'm feeling incredibly foolish right now. In pulling together records for a meeting with an educational consultant tomorrow, I found WIAT III achievement test results. I don't know that we and the school ever really discussed these, and I don't know why we've since only really looked at the IQ and classroom observation reports!

For what it's worth, this was done at the same time as the WISC IV above; 3 years ago at age 9. I haven't thought through the results at all, and how they may or may not provide any insight. I hope to learn more at tomorrow's intake meeting; if anyone has any additional insights, please do ring in!

What pops out of the examiner's summary is that s/he "does not think that his final [writing] production is a true indication of his overall writing skills. Of concern, however, is how [he] reacted to the task and became so 'stuck' that it impacted his performance.
:-(
I think we've made some progress on this front but it doesn't feel like he's where he should be.

TOTAL READING Standard Score (SS) 133; 99 %ile; Superior
Basic Reading SS 130; 98 %ile; High Average[/b]
Word Reading SS 135; 99 %ile; Superior
Pseudoword Decoding SS 115; 84 %ile; Average
Reading Comprehension and Fluency SS 130; 98 %ile; High Average
Reading Comprehension SS 128; 97 %ile; High Average
Oral Reading Fluency SS SS 124; 95 %ile; High Average

MATHEMATICS SS 145; 99.9 %ile; Superior
Numerical Operations SS 135; 99 %ile; Superior
Math Problem Solving SS 151; 99.9 %ile; Very Superior
Math Fluency SS 117; 87 %ile; High Average

WRITTEN EXPRESSION SS 101; 53 %ile; Average
Spelling SS 115; 84 %ile; Average
Sentence Composition SS 89; 23 %ile; Average
Essay Composition SS 104; 61 %ile; Average

ORAL LANGUAGE SS 146; 99.9 %ile; Very Superior
Listening Comprehension SS 144; 99.8 %ile; Superior
Oral Expression SS 142; 99.7 %ile; Superior