Confidential Psychoeducational Evaluation

EXAMINEE:
SB
AGE AT TESTING:
7 years 3 months
DATE OF BIRTH:
08/08/2007
DATE OF EVALUATION: 11/15-16/2014

Test Administered:

REPORT DATE:
11/28/2014
GRADE:
2nd
SCHOOL:
Elementary
EXAMINER:
Ali Antonelli BS.

Wechsler Individual Achievement Test- 3rd Edition (WIAT-III)

Student Interview

Reason for Referral: SB was tested for a requirement in a graduate course at Manhattan
College.
Behavioral Observation:
SB willingly allowed testing in her home. SB and the Examiner knew each other prior to the
testing and have formed a relationship over the years. The Examiner and SB met several weeks
prior. The first day the test was administered, SB was very cooperative and compliant
throughout the evaluation. As the testing items became more difficult, SB had a confuse look on
her face. As SB became less familiar with the items on the test, she had a difficult time staying
focused, which lead to the testing to stop and to be completed the following day. The next day,
SB was much more excited to begin testing and had a smile on her face. During mathematics she
became very confused looking and seemed frustrated.

Test Results and Interpretations:

Wechsler Individual Achievement Tes-3rd Edition (WIAT-III)
Subtest Component
Listening
Comprehension
Receptive Vocabulary
Oral Discourse
Comprehension

Standard Score

Percentile Rank

91
75

27
5

Qualitative
Description
Average
Below Average

Individual Subtest Scores

Subtest
Early Reading Skills

Standard Score
81

Percentile Rank
10

Qualitative Description
Below Average

Math Problem Solving

Alphabet Writing Fluency
Numerical Operations
Reading Comprehension
Word Reading
Pseudoword Decoding (PD)
Numerical Operations (NO)
Spelling

50
138
73
83
80
93
73
95

99
4
13
9
32
4
37

Very Low
Superior
Below Average
Below Average
Below Average
Average
Below Average
Average

Wechsler Individual Achievement Tes-3rd Edition (WIAT-III)

The Wechsler Individual Achievement Tes-3rd Edition (WIAT-III) is an individually
administered clinical instrument designed to measure the achievement of students who are in
grade Prekindergarten (PK) through 12, or ages 4 years 0 months through 19 years 11 months.
Reading
According to the WIAT-III, SBs reading skills are delayed compared to children her own age.
The Early Reading Skills subtests required SB to recognize letters and sounds beginning and
ending sounds and to formulate rhyming sounds. She received a below average on this specific
section. She was able to identify letters and sounds on some of the questions, but then would not
seem to understand what to do. She also began to understand the rhyming words, but then slowly
had trouble with the rhyming words and received 0 or said, I dont know. The Alphabet
Writing Fluency subtest required SB to write as many letter in the alphabet as she could in 30
seconds. SB did very well in this subtest she received a superior, had very legible handwriting
and was able to complete this subtest in the time given. In the Word Reading Tests SB is below
average compared to other children her own age. SB read the 17 words correct. She incorrectly
read words such as bear, shop, wrong, cloud and depend. On the Pseudoword Decoding Test, SB
received an average score. She response quickly and was able to get through the beginning of
this subtest.

Mathematics
According to Wechsler Individual Achievement Tes-3rd Edition (WIAT-III) overall Mathematics
score was on the cusp of below average range. The Math Problem Solving was considered to be
very low. SB was required to solve many different types of problems. These problems were read
aloud and accompanied by visual aids. She was able to count numbers, keep order, and
understand particular word problems. She was able to get through the basic addition and
subtraction problems. She exhibited difficulty in Numerical Operations. She did very well with
addition and subtraction problems, but was not grasping multiplication and division question.

Summary
SB was chosen for this test for a requirement in a graduate course at Manhattan College. SB
willing agreed to the test. She was very cooperative and compliant thought the entire evaluation.
The test took two days because of loss of focused on the first day, but the test was completed by
day two.
According to the WIAT-III, overall SBs reading skills and mathematics skills are below
average. Her spelling and writing was superior. She loosing much interest in mathematics and
had a difficult time staying focused during mathematics.

Recommendations
Recommendations for SBs academic progress will not be discussed further since this is for a
graduate program at Manhattan College.