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Peabody Individual AchievementTest

PIAT – R/NU

Markwardt (1998)

Normative Update of 1989 edition of PIAT-R

Summing it up with Some Questions

Diagnostic Population

PIAT-R/NU

- Guidance Counselor

- Admission directors

- (student evaluation – transfer students)

- Administration / teachers

- grouping students

- Progress evaluation

- Group selection

- Personnel evaluation

1. The Peabody Achievement test is a/an _______ test.

a) group

b) individual

c) neither

2. Do you know what grades students can be who take this test?

a) K-12

b) K-1

c) 7-12

3. List areas of assessment that the Peabody Achievement test cover.

- Students individually tested

- K-12

- Norm reference

PIAT-R/NU

Test Materials

Found in four easel kits

Wide range of screening

six content areas

Subtest

Easel kit contains stimulus material to the student at

eye level

Students can see only one side of test

Math General Spelling

Information

Examiners instructions on reverse side

Examiner can see both sides

Reading Recognition

Math

Reading Comprehension

100 items Range in difficulty

from preschool - high school

Matching letters Words in isolation

100 multiple choice Measures early skills

(matching numbers)

Concepts (discriminating numbers)

Facts (recognizing Advance concepts

numerals) (geometry & trigonometry)

81 multiple choice

Understand what you read?

Use correct picture ?/4

Reading Reading Written

Recognition Comprehension Expression

General Information

Spelling

K-12

Distinguish, associate,

identify letter & sounds

100 questions Written Expressions

orally K-1

Level 1-2

Social Studies, Science,

Sports, Fine Arts

Prewriting - writing skills

Scores

Recommendations

Pros Vs. Cons

Pass Fail

Pros

- Below grade level student equals adjust

starting place of test

- Special education student compares performance

with age or grade peers

- Look at students response

- Watch out for the immature test taker

Cons

  • Raw scores = grade / grade equivalent
  • Grade based on standard score
  • % ranks
  • Normal curve equivalents
  • Stanine

- Not appropriate for non-english speaking students

- Interpretation of scores needs expertise

- Reliability on written expression not well established

- Expensive materials to administer

- Does not have interpretative limitations

- limited diagnostic potential because of the small

sample of questions

- more follow up necessary to asses deficiencies

- Individual test

- Administered in 60 min.

- Determines academic deficiencies (K-12)

- Norms for Fall / Winter / Spring

- Variety of scores

- Multiple choice / reduces response time

- Students can answer by pointing to correct response,

say the answer, say the number of answer

- Writing required only in written expression

- Reading skills not needed in Math

- Score by hand or machine

- Practical Advantages such as score sheets include the

results from each content area as well as total score

- Examiners make decisions based on results in

individual academic areas

- Especially used for special education

students

Sources

Salvia, J Ysseldyke, J & Bolt, (2013) Assessment in Special and Inclusive (12th.ed). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, Textbook ISBN-10, 1-111-83341-9

Validating The Peabody Individual Achievement Test Revised www.speechpathology.com/ Feb 7, 2005

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