Worksheet for Charting Patterns of Strengths and Weaknesses

Academic Age- Academic achievement achievement appropriate Classroom performance with respect to Basic Psych. with respect to grade- with respect functional / grade-level expectations. Processes level expectations. to age-level intellectual expectations. skills Progress monitoring, See Pgs. 3-6 Norm- CBM Observation, of OSPA referenced Curriculum Teacher Classroom screening MEAP Grades interviews, IQ article * for achievement assessments report observation or criterion- assessment description of tests referenced PSW models assessments Basic S N W S N W S N W S N W S N W S N W S N W Reading Reading S N W S N W S N W S N W S N W S N W S N W Fluency Reading S N W S N W S N W S N W S N W S N W S N W Comp. Math S N W S N W S N W S N W S N W S N W S N W Calc. Math S N W S N W Prob. S N W S N W S N W S N W S N W S N W S N W Solving Written S N W S N W S N W S N W S N W S N W S N W Express. Oral S N W S N W S N W S N W S N W S N W S N W Express. Listening S N W S N W S N W S N W S N W S N W S N W Comp.

S = Strength Area(s) of Strength (at least 3 ‘S’ checks for each area): ______N = Neither Strength/Weakness Area(s) of Weakness (at least 4 ‘W’ checks for each area, including at least 1 individually W = Weakness administered academic achievement assessment): ______Suggested Guidelines for Determining Strengths and Weakness

Assessment Type Strength Weakness Falling below aimline for at least 4 Progress monitoring Meeting / exceeding aimline consecutive weeks on most recent tests. At ‘benchmark’ level or above grade-level At ‘at-risk’ level or below 10%ile if using CBM (Benchmark) screening median score if using local norms. local norms. Criterion-referenced assessment Percentile rank ≥ 30 Percentile rank ≤ 9

MEAP Level 1 or Level 2 Level 3 or Level 4 Norm-referenced tests Percentile rank ≥ 30 Percentile rank ≤ 9 (Achievement, IQ) Curriculum assessments Scores ≥ 80% Scores ≤ 70% A / B or D / E or Grades ‘meets / exceeds’ expectations ‘does not meet’ expectations Based upon professional judgment of teacher Based upon professional judgment of teacher Teacher report in comparing student to others in classroom. in comparing student to others in classroom. Student demonstrates average understanding Student demonstrates that s/he does not Observations – Academic of academic content in comparison to other understand the academic content. students in classroom. Student demonstrates typical functional Most of the student’s functional skills appear Observations/Interviews/Scales - skills in comparison to other students the to be well below average in comparison to Functional same age or in the same grade. Percentile other students the same age or in the same rank on scale ≥ 30. grade. Percentile rank on scale ≤ 9. * Patterns of Strengths and Weaknesses In Specific Learning Disabilities: What’s It All About? (Oregon School Psychologists Association; Hanson, J., Sharman, L., & Esparza-Brown J., December 2008)