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I just got an email and they are asking for additional info. They are asking for recent achievement test, what does this mean for a kinder student? Any idea?

Did you send a recent (within 2 yrs) achievement test that meets the criteria on the site regarding DYS qualifications?

where can I get this achievement test? From the school? He is only 5 years old, do kindergarten have an achievement test? Thanks!!

You can submit results from any of the following achievement tests.

Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement-II (KTEA-II) Standard score 145+ (99.9th percentile) on at least one of the following sections: Reading, Math or Total Battery

Wechsler Individual Achievement Test - II or Wechsler Individual Achievement Test-III (WIAT – II or WIAT - III) Standard score 145+ (99.9th percentile) on at least one of the following sections: Total Reading, Total Mathematics, Total Written Language, or Total Composite

Woodcock-Johnson Test of Achievement-III (WJ-III Ach) Standard score 145+ (99.9th percentile) on at least one of the following sections: Broad Reading, Broad Math, Broad Written Language, or Total Achievement

You may be able to get one of these tests done by the school if they want the information for some reason - the school administered the WJ to my DS when he was in 1st to evaluate a potential grade skip.

Or you can likely get the testing done from the same person who did the IQ test.

Our school did the WJ-III achievement test with our DS then 5 yrs 9 months, because they were building a portfolio for skipping him over kindergarten into first grade. They had to norm it as kindergarten-9th month (end of K) because it doesn't have anything lower grade-wise, but it let them norm it age-wise as 5.9.

Those scores and a collection of his math writings and drawings were enough for DYS. We did not have an IQ test for him, and they didn't ask for it.