Please explain WPPSI-IV results

[Anonymous]

If the WPPSI-IV is given to determine your child's standing in relation to other kids in a three month birthday range, why do the results provide a percentage and an age range that is outside of the age of the child who was tested? For example, my 3 1/2 DS results provide a percentage (i.e., 85%) and then an age range of (5 years old 1 month). Why is he being compared to a 5 year old when he is only 3 1/2?

[Anonymous]

He's not. That means his score on that section is equivalent to the average 5 yr 1 mo old.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He's not. That means his score on that section is equivalent to the average 5 yr 1 mo old.

So I assume that's good, right? I guess I don't understand why he didn't get a Superior score for his age instead of an average score of a 5 year old.

[Anonymous]

Or it could be a typo...sometimes, these evaluators use "canned" evaluation reports and try to manually go through and change the name/age and gender pronouns. They could have gotten an age wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Or it could be a typo...sometimes, these evaluators use "canned" evaluation reports and try to manually go through and change the name/age and gender pronouns. They could have gotten an age wrong.

I'm pretty sure it wasn't a typo. I spoke to others who used different testers and they said that they subset results where the same way. There was a percentage and an age range which was different than their child's age in certain sub-tests (and their results weren't type written out, but was the actual electronic print out of the results. Also my child's percentages and age ranges where different for each subset. I can't imagine there would have been that many typos throughout.

[Anonymous]

Did you ask the tester what the results ment? Why ask here when you have a qualified resource whom you've already paid to provide the answer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did you ask the tester what the results ment? Why ask here when you have a qualified resource whom you've already paid to provide the answer?

#humblebrag

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you ask the tester what the results ment? Why ask here when you have a qualified resource whom you've already paid to provide the answer?

#humblebrag

I don't think so. Scores aren't that good for a humblebrag.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If the WPPSI-IV is given to determine your child's standing in relation to other kids in a three month birthday range, why do the results provide a percentage and an age range that is outside of the age of the child who was tested? For example, my 3 1/2 DS results provide a percentage (i.e., 85%) and then an age range of (5 years old 1 month). Why is he being compared to a 5 year old when he is only 3 1/2?

There should be a lengthy write-up from your tester explaining the results. I would call the tester to clarify the results.

[Anonymous]

Maybe your write up is more in depth than mine, but my son took the WPPSI IV this fall and his report only references his current age.

Also, just my personal opinion, that test is crap for a 3.5 year old. Grossly inaccurate because of the age, so don't try to make too much of the scores.

[Anonymous]

Call the tester and ask.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He's not. That means his score on that section is equivalent to the average 5 yr 1 mo old.

So I assume that's good, right? I guess I don't understand why he didn't get a Superior score for his age instead of an average score of a 5 year old.

If the score was at the 85th percentile (not percentage), that is in the High Average range. Superior range starts at 91st percentile.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He's not. That means his score on that section is equivalent to the average 5 yr 1 mo old.

So I assume that's good, right? I guess I don't understand why he didn't get a Superior score for his age instead of an average score of a 5 year old.

If the score was at the 85th percentile (not percentage), that is in the High Average range. Superior range starts at 91st percentile.

NP: That is my understanding as well; the High Average, etc. goes with the percentile. So your report, OP, means that while your child's score is what might be expected of an average 5.1 year old, 15% of 3-year-olds scored higher than your child, so your child is in the High Average range of 3-year olds taking the test.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He's not. That means his score on that section is equivalent to the average 5 yr 1 mo old.

So I assume that's good, right? I guess I don't understand why he didn't get a Superior score for his age instead of an average score of a 5 year old.

If the score was at the 85th percentile (not percentage), that is in the High Average range. Superior range starts at 91st percentile.

NP: That is my understanding as well; the High Average, etc. goes with the percentile. So your report, OP, means that while your child's score is what might be expected of an average 5.1 year old, 15% of 3-year-olds scored higher than your child, so your child is in the High Average range of 3-year olds taking the test.

Thanks. That's what I have been trying to understand. And definitely not a humblebrag because I did not provide the actual percentage or age ranges in the report. I did call the tester and we played telephone tag for a a few days and then I just never followed up again.

[Anonymous]

Really young to be putting much weight on the test.