WIATT- III

WECHSLER INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT TEST THIRD EDITION

EXAMINEE:
Val
AGE AT TESTING:
6 years 11 months
DATE OF BIRTH:
11/19/2012
DATE OF EVALUATION: 10/06, 10/24

REPORT DATE:
GRADE:
SCHOOL:
EXAMINER:

11/1/2012
2nd Grade
Elementary
Sonyi Lopez.

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

Background Information
Val is a 6 year old girl who will turn 7 in a few days, she is in 2nd grade and attends
Spuyten Duvil Elementary School. Val lives with her mother and has no siblings. Dad is
around and is involved in her life. Mom says she is in good physical health and is a
regular normal 6 year old child. Although the primary language is English, mom feels
that because Val spend her early childhood with grandparents during the day while mom
was at work, she was expose to Spanish as a primary language, making her bilingual. Val
does not wear glasses and her hearing is normal. Val's teacher says she is one of her
strongest student in class, and is one of the student she can always rely on to do her work
and help others. Val's teacher said she is reading and writing beautifully and it's just the
beginning of 2nd grade and she is meeting standards in all academic areas.
Behavioral Observations
Val seemed very confident as she takes the exams, she seems to take her time and seemed
to enjoy the testing process. She was very cooperative and compliant and she followed
directions and instructions throughout the evaluation. Val seemed very focused to finish
the task and when items became more difficult she would pause and say I don't know the
answer that's why I skipped this one. When she noticed she was being timed, she hurried
because she was aware of the timing. She tried to have conversations during
intermissions as to how did she performed in the test, curiosity of how she did on the
exam was always a question.

Test Results and Interpretations:

Wechsler Individual Achievement Test- 3rd Edition (WIAT-III)
Subtest Component
Listening
Comprehension
Receptive
Vocabulary
Oral Expression
Expressive
Vocabulary
Oral Word
Fluency

Standard Score

Percentile rank

Qualitative
Description

102

55

Average

106
102

66
55

Average
Average

Individual Subtest Scores

Subtest

Standard
Score

Percentile
Rank

Qualitative Description

Early Reading
Skills

116

86

Above Average

Reading
Comprehension

85

16

Average

Pseudoword
Decoding

111

76

Average

Spelling

103

58

Average

95

37

Average

116

86

Above Average

133

99

Superior

95

37

Average

131

98

Superior

Math Problem
Solving
Alphabet Writing
Fluency
Word Reading
(WR)
Numerical
Operations
Math Fluency Addition

Math FluencySubtraction

140

99.6

Superior

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

The Wechsler Individual Achievement Test- 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, Vals reading skills are above averages as compared to
children her age. The Early Reading Skills subtest required Val to identify letters and
sounds, beginning and ending sounds, and to generate rhyming words. Her performance
on these tasks fell within the average and above average (Standard Score- 116). She was
able to identify letters and their sounds, as well as beginning and ending sounds. Val was
asked to write as many letters of the alphabet as She could in 30 seconds. She was only
able to write nineteen letters, b, through t, in the 30 second time constraint (Standard
score- 116), therefore her performance on this subtest fell within the above average range.
She continued to write the remainder of the letters, and her handwriting was legible and
neat. The Oral Expression composite is comprised of two subtests. The Expressive
Vocabulary subtest required Val to name vocabulary words after being given a brief
definition. Her performance was consistent. She was able to find the words straight
after the evaluator said, Tell me the word that means not crooked, and was able to
correctly label the prompted picture and a description. The Oral Word Fluency subtest
required Val to name as many animals as she could in sixty seconds, then as many colors
as she could in sixty seconds. She was able to perform well on these tasks, despite the
time constraint. Her performance on this composite was solidly average (Standard Score102) as compared to her peers.
Mathematics
According to the WIAT-III, Vals overall Mathematics score was within the average range
(Standard Score- 95). The Math Problem Solving subtest required Val to solve various
types of problems which were read aloud and accompanied by a visual prompt. She was
able to identify numbers, more and less, and to add shapes together to formulate a basic
addition answer. However, she exhibited difficulty when it was grouping addition and
subtraction. Her performance was within the average range (Standard Score- 95). The
Numerical Operations subtest required Val to solve basic math problems as a pencil and
paper task. Again, she demonstrated an ability to solve basic addition problems, although
she had difficulty with basic subtraction problems. Her performance on this subtest fell
within the average range (Standard Score- 95).

Social Emotional Functioning

Val is a very sweet and outgoing, she's always willing to participate in conversation and
activities. She speaks about her friends in school and and some of her family members
and how much she enjoys playing with them. She says she wishes she had a sibling to
play with, despite having close cousins she normally plays with. Val seems like a happy
girl who loves her family very much. Val says's she loves her school, her class and her
teachers. She says she's upset because she wanted to attend the extended day program,
but her teacher did not choose her. Mom tried to explain that the extended day program
is for students who struggle academically and need the extra help. Val's teachers said
that she is one of her strongest student in the classroom. Val is one of the students that she
rely's one to do her work and help others. Val is always engaged and participating in
classroom discussion. She's at grade level in reading and math, and is a great writer. Val
has many friends in the classroom and gets along well with everyone.
Summary
According to the WIAT-III, Vals reading skills are Above Average as compared to
children her age. Vals overall Mathematics score was within the Average range. Val
presents her self as an outgoing and full of confidence. She is willing to participate in
conversation and activities. Val follow's directions and instructions and seems to
comprehend what is ask of her.