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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, it is normal. No, it is not okay. I actually emailed the developers for the means and standard deviation and was told that they were not available. I was more than a little surprised by that![/quote]

Right.  I was just very surprised that there’s no range at all given on the scores.  I have no idea how to actually interpret them.[/quote]

Frankly, I gave the test and have no idea how to interpret the scores.

I LIKE this test and think it is a good match to what I see in the classroom and how kids perform on the test.
 I LIKE the parts  of the test, that it assesses the most important parts of Kindergarten (number sense, just a little geometery, computation and patterning)  I LIKE how it is laid out and is one on one with manipulatives.
Having given a ton of tests over my teaching career,   I think it is a strong developmentally math assessment.

BUT, then they use statistical testing messy formula to give out the scores and it loses value, especially when parents haven't seen the assessment.

I [b]wish the scores were reported as a list of skills your child is able to do, rather than a very meaningless score.  [/b]Maybe this will improve in time?  
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Agreed.  The info we received was just so very vague, and the response I got when I question it was that she was above the benchmark, so why was I concerned?  I mean, great that she's above the benchmark but, since I have no way of telling whether she is just barely above the benchmark or way over it, or even if the benchmark is actually ridiculously low or not, I don't know how best to determine whether there are areas for improvement that we could work on here at home or what.   It just all feels very...pointless if I can't even tell what this is assessing.[/quote]

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