Thank you, Dottie. That does explain my questions. I had wondered how the same percentage correct in first grade as kindergarten translated to a slightly lower score (e.g., "environment," whatever that is, went from 99.9th/GE4.3 to 97.9/GE4.6 from k to 1st). I guess proportionately more kids know the answers in first grade than they did in kindergarten. And I would think that "listening" translates to the WIAT-II oral language composite, which were exactly the same as the Stanford Test. It was the academic scores that improved from WIAT to Stanford, and your explanation tells me that is because the bar is lower b/c it's a grade level test, not an above grade level test. Thank you!
