Description
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test® | Fourth Edition (WIAT-4) is an individually administered achievement test for use in a variety of clinical, education, and research settings.
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test® | Fourth Edition (WIAT-4) is an individually administered achievement test for use in a variety of clinical, education, and research settings.
Age Range:
Individuals 4:0 - 50:11
Administration:Paper-and-pencil, Q-interactive, and Q-global
Scoring Option:Q-interactive® Web-based Administration and Scoring, Q-global™ Scoring & Reporting or Manual Scoring
Completion Time:Varies by grade level and number of subtests administered
Scores/Interpretation:Fall, Winter, and Spring grade-based standard scores, age-based standard scores, percentile ranks, stanines, NCEs, age and grade equivalents, and growth scale values.
Identify what they need to achieve even more.
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test®, Fourth Edition (WIAT®-4), coming fall 2020, expands upon the flexibility of the widely used achievement test. Suitable for use in a multitude of settings and available to a wide array of professionals, the newest edition of the WIAT has some exciting updates to help you identify what support they need to achieve more.
New Subtests, More Flexible Scoring
WIAT-4 features new subtests and expanded scoring capabilities, including composites for Phonological Processing, Orthographic Processing, Writing Fluency, and an Orthographic Processing Extended Composite*
The included Dyslexia Index Scores support efficient, reliable screening.
- New: Phonemic Proficiency – measures speed and accuracy of phonological manipulation
- New: Orthographic Fluency – measures speed of irregular word reading
- New: Decoding Fluency – measures speed of pseudoword reading
- New: Sentence Writing Fluency – measures speed of sentence composition
- New: Orthographic Choice* – measures recognition spelling skills
*Q-interactive® only
Reports
This fee-based, online, independent study curriculum consists of seven courses and is approximately 7.5 hours in length and is available for one year. It provides detailed guidance for the administration, scoring, and interpretation of the WIAT-4. The final course of this curriculum includes how to score using the Q-global® platform.
Inside the session – Administration, scoring & interpretation
Key Learning – After completing the on-demand training, participants will be able to:
- Describe the WIAT-4 subtests
- Describe administration directions for the WIAT-4 subtests
- Discuss the scoring criteria for each WIAT-4 subtest
- Explain how to use the norms tables and/or the Q-global platform to derive standardized scores
- Describe the link between skills analysis and instructional recommendations
- Discuss the WIAT-4 interpretive process
Duration – 7.5 hours
Who can attend – Psychologists, Special Educators, Counsellors
