Protocol Assignment

WJ-III
Subtes Name
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Error

Letter-Word Identification

Incorrect start point for grade. Correct start point

would be item 33. Therefore, basal was not met and
the total score is incorrect.

Reading Fluency

The time limit for this test is 3 minutes and this

examiner gave four minutes.

Story Recall

The total for stories 5 & 6 was 7. Therefore, stories 3

& 4 should have been administered, not 7 & 8.

In the software score entry box on page 5, the

examiner entered a score of 7 for stories 3 & 4 when
they were not administered. A score of 5 was entered
for stories 5 & 6 when the actual score recorded on
the previous page was 7 (the score for 7 & 8 was 5).

Understanding Directions

The start point for K-4 is Picture 2, not picture 4. Even

if 4 was the correct start point, the examiner should
have stopped after picture 5 as a score between 9 & 15
requires the examiner to discontinue testing.

Calculation

Spelling

The start point for grade 4 is item 9, not item 7. Also,

the examiner wrote the number correct as 15 when it
should be 16.
Basal wasnt met, should have gone back to item 17.

Writing Fluency

The student should have been given 7 minutes.

Passage Comprehension

Basal wasnt met, should have gone back to item 10.

Ceiling was originally reached at item 25. Though, the

examiner needed to ask items 26 & 27 in order to
complete the page in the stimulus book. The student
got item 27 correct, thus breaking ceiling and
therefore the examiner should have continued testing
to reach a second ceiling.
Ceiling wasnt reached, only 5 in a sequence are

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Applied Problems

incorrect when the required number is 6.

The examiner neglected to give credit for items prior

to basal.
Incorrect start point. Correct start point is item 7 for a
student in grade 4, not item 1.

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Writing Samples

12

Story Recall - Delayed

Requirement for time delay is a minimum of 30

minutes. Examiner should have waited at least another
5 minutes.

Stories were administered that were not originally

administered during subtest 3.

Items were added incorrectly, subtest 3 &4 should be

8 and subtests 5 & 6 should be 4.

Wiat-III
Check Students age

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Error

Listening Comprehension
(Oral Discourse Comp)

Incorrect start point. Examiner should have started at

item 1.

Early Reading Skills

All items should have been administered.

Reading Comprehension

Check on line to see if all items admin.

Score wasnt written for first two stories.

Math Problem Solving

Check score totals

Basal wasnt met.

Alphabet Writing Fluency

Sentence Composition
(Combining)
Sentence Composition
(Building)

Check ceiling. Check total raw score.

This test has a 30 sec. time limit and the examiner
gave 62 seconds.

Raw score should be 7, not 6.

Errors were not recorded.

Word Reading

Ceiling was met at item 22 yet examiner continued to

item 33. Therefore, total raw score should be 11.

Word reading speed was not recorded and there is no

indication in the protocol as to how far the student
went in 30 sec.

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Essay Composition

Student is old enough to complete this subtest.

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Pseudoword Decoding

12

Numerical Operations

Not necessarily an error, however it is helpful to mark

the item reached at 30 seconds on the protocol.
Start point should have been at item 14. Ceiling was
reached at item 35. The fact that testing continued,
affects the raw score.

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Oral Expression
(Expressive Vocabulary)

Raw score should be 8.

Ceiling was met at item 16, therefore it was not
necessary to administer item 17.

13

Oral Expression
(Word Fluency)

13

Oral Expression
(Sentence Repetition)

Baby Frog is not an acceptable response.

Check raw score
Pink was said twice.
Item 2 raw score and Oral Word Fluency raw score
wasnt recorded.
An X is not an acceptable marking for the recording
of errors.
Check scoring rules
Errors were recorded in the raw scores but they were
not marked in the passages.
Completion time was not recorded for passage F.
Oral Reading Fluency subtotal raw scores were not
recorded.
Incorrect start point. Examiner should have started
with item 9.
Ceiling was met at item 22, therefore 23 should not
have been administered.
Why wasnt the full 60 seconds given? Were all items
complete at 32 seconds?

14

Oral Reading Fluency

15

Spelling

16

Math Fluency