Determining Dual Discrepancy for SLD Using The PED Short Cycle Test Results in K-3 Donald J. Frazier, Ph.D.

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Determining Dual Discrepancy for SLD Using
The PED Short Cycle Test Results in K-3Donald
J. Frazier, Ph.D.
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Locating The State Test Bank Data

• Go to the NM PED Website
• Select Special Education Department on the A to Z
  Menu
• In the SPED Search Box, type in Dual Discrepancy
• That will lead you to a web page with a number of
  different entries
• The first two entries are the current short cycle
  results for fall 2009 and spring 2010.

• Find the MAPS Data for Math and Reading/Language
  Arts for each grade level (K-3)
• NOTE The data used will be from the year prior
  to the dual discrepancy assessment. Thus, for
  students referred during 2011-2012, the data used
  will be from the 2010-2011 school year.
• The 2010-2011 data will be listed by the
  start of school in August.

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Kindergarten Math (Factor 1)Fall 2009 scores

• MAPS - Kindergarten
• Mean 141.4
• 1.5 Standard Deviation 17.76
• Cutoff 123.6 or below

• MAPS 1st Grade
• Mean 158.3
• 1.5 Standard Deviation 20.45
• Cutoff 137.9 or below

• MAPS 2nd Grade
• Mean 173.7
• 1.5 Standard Deviation 17.31
• Cutoff 156.4 or below

• MAPS 3rd Grade
• Mean 188.2
• 1.5 Standard Deviation 18.48
• Cutoff 169.7 or below

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Examples

• What can you make of these scores?
• Student score on MAP kindergarten Math was 129
• Student score on MAP 1st grade Math was 126
• Student score on MAP 2nd grade Math was156
• Student score on MAP 3rd grade Math was 182

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Factor 2 Example Learning Slope Scores

• STUDENTS Fall Score Winter Score
  DIFFERENCE
• Student 1 1645
  1690 45
• Student 2 2005
  2008 3
• Student 3 1880
  1942 62
• Student 4 2076
  2125 49
• Student 5 1889
  1915 26
• Student 6 2109
  2250 141
• Student 7 1748
  1730 - 18
• Student 8 2067
  2101 34
• Student 9 1776
  1941 165
• Student 10 1850
  1949 99
• Student 11 1921 ---
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• NOTE Students who took only one of the tests
  must NOT be included in the analysis
• First, obtain the mean and standard deviation of
  the difference scores
• MEAN Difference 60.6 of all students in this
  grade who took fall and winter EPS Reading test