Introduction to:

•          Wechsler Individual Attainment Test – Third Edition (WIAT III)

•          Wide Range Achievement Test – Fifth Edition (WRAT 5)

•          Woodcock Johnson IV: Tests of Achievement (WJ-IV-ACH)

FOR SET TEACHERS

Alan Gregory NEPS Senior Psychologist will facilitate a One Day workshop on WIAT-III, WRAT 5 & WJ 4 for Primary and Post Primary SET Teachers. This workshop will give participants the opportunity to view and practice with these tests. No prior knowledge of the WIAT-III; WRAT 5 or WJ-IV-ACH is required. However, please note that only qualified SET teachers can purchase these tests from the publishers.

Agenda

(1)        Brief Introduction to Psychometrics

• Ability vs Attainment tests.
• Standardised testing.
• Normal Distribution, Standard Scores, Percentiles, Age Equivalent; Error & Correlations.

(2)        Test Selection – what to look for when selecting a test.

(3)        Introduction to the:

• Wechsler Individual Attainment Test – Third Edition(WIAT III)
• Wide Range Achievement Test – Fifth Edition (WRAT 5)
• Woodcock Johnson IV: Tests of Achievement (WJ-IV-ACH)

(4)        Introduction to administration procedures & practices.

(5)        Scoring tests:

• Procedures for: WIAT III; WRAT 5 & WJ-IV

• Manual scoring vs. Digital  (pros & cons; GDPR)