Norm-Referenced Score Interpretation and Reporting Flashcards
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What does the Standard Error of Measurement (SEM) represent on the WIAT?
Answer: The expected variability in an individual's scores due to measurement error
The SEM represents the amount by which an obtained score is expected to vary from the true score due to random measurement error, and it is used to construct confidence intervals.
Growth Scale Values (GSV) on the WIAT-4 are primarily designed to:
Answer: Track and measure academic progress across multiple testing occasions
GSVs are equal-interval scores that allow practitioners to measure and document meaningful academic growth over time, independent of age-based normative comparisons.
A student earns a WIAT-4 standard score of 130. Which qualitative descriptor applies to this score?
Answer: Very Superior
On the WIAT-4, standard scores of 130 and above fall in the Very Superior qualitative range, two or more standard deviations above the mean.
Which of the following WIAT standard scores falls squarely within the Average qualitative range?
Answer: 95
The Average range on the WIAT spans standard scores of 90–109; a score of 95 is centered within this range.
T-scores, sometimes reported alongside WIAT results, have a mean of ___ and a standard deviation of ___.
Answer: 50 and 10
T-scores are a standardized score format with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10, differing from WIAT standard scores which use a mean of 100 and SD of 15.
A stanine score of 5 on the WIAT indicates:
Answer: Average performance
Stanines range from 1–9 with stanines 4, 5, and 6 representing Average performance; a stanine of 5 is the center of the average band.
Which type of score comparison on the WIAT-4 evaluates a student's own subtest scores relative to each other rather than to an external normative group?
Answer: Intraindividual comparison
An intraindividual comparison examines differences within the same student's profile across subtests, identifying personal strengths and weaknesses independent of peer comparisons.