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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Quick question on VALLSS and EMAS at the kindergarten level.  My kindergartener received the results of the tests and, for some categories, she had a score above the "max" available score.  Other categories were marked as "N/A."  Before I bother our very overworked teacher, I thought I'd ask if the results make sense and if there was an easy explanation.  Thanks![/quote]

I have not looked that closely at results but not all subtests were done in the winter window so maybe that’s why- not assessed?

Did the teacher give the results? The window closes 2/6. [/quote]

Good catch!  Yes, it was the Winter assessment.  The "N/As" make sense as they may not have been administered.  But, I'm still baffled how scores for some subsets can be higher than the subsets' max possible score.[/quote]

Which ones? Max points for decoding sections is 10, 28 for letter sounds and 42 for encoding.

I don’t think anyone, even in central office, has figured out the VALLS scoring. There are benchmarks for each test but they can score below benchmark and still be low or moderate risk depending on overall score. [/quote]

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