Teachers please explain this standardised test score format--what does it mean?

[rajvilas]

I recently received the results of my DD standardised tests from year 1. I was given standardised scores of 130 for verbal and nonverbal reasoning but then was given a score of 29/34 for maths. I am confused by the different format of the maths score and, while i know what the verbal/nonverbal scores mean, I am clueless as to how she performed in math.

Thanks.

Verbal reasoning (VR) and Non-verbal reasoning (NVR) are both basically measures of intelligence in verbal and non-verbal reasoning (NVR is reasoning with shapes, e.g. odd one out, next in sequence etc).

The 130 is a standardised score which takes into account the age of the child when they do the test. If a child scores 100 they are considered average, 70 is the lowest possible and 140 the highest. So a score of 130 means that your child can reason well with words and symbols and therefore is an above average child.

The Maths test I can't say for sure as this is not a standardised score, but it will have tested them on some or all elements of Maths, e.g. calcuations, tables facts, shapes etc (age appropriate). As a maths teacher I would say that 29 is good, but it depends on how the rest of the cohort did! Ask the teacher where that score places your child compared to others, don't expect exact positions, but ask if it puts them in the middle band or upper/lower quartiles?

Yes I guess just a teacher set maths paper and an IQ type thing.

CATs which a lot of schools use have a standardised numeracy section, but it's weird sequences and things not real maths.

Drives DD1 nuts, she gets crap marks for it and she's good a real maths and very good at NVR