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nm #223068 10/01/15 09:18 AM
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OP MHID Junior Member M Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 17	nm Last edited by MHID; 05/06/16 03:49 PM.

Re: DYS qualifications MHID #223077 10/01/15 11:49 AM
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aeh Member A Joined: Apr 2014 Posts: 4,082 Likes: 8	I can speculate on the WISC-V: it has five index scores (clusters) vs only four on the -IV, so that each one represents a smaller portion of general intelligence. The VSI and FRI put together are similar to the PRI, so it is more comparable to require two of them than only one. ...pronounced like the long vowel and first letter of the alphabet...

Re: DYS qualifications MHID #223085 10/01/15 03:54 PM
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George C Member G Joined: Mar 2015 Posts: 282	As for why the achievement scores are no longer required, it has been speculated that too many 2e kids were being unintentionally excluded and that this was an effort to remediate that.

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