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

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 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 , the data used will be from the school year. The data will be listed by the start of school in August.

Kindergarten – Math (Factor 1) Fall 2009 scores MAPS - Kindergarten Mean = Standard Deviation = Cutoff = or below MAPS – 2 nd Grade Mean = Standard Deviation = Cutoff = or below MAPS – 3 rd Grade Mean = Standard Deviation = Cutoff = or below MAPS – 1 st Grade Mean = Standard Deviation = Cutoff = or below

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

Factor 2 Example: Learning Slope Scores STUDENTS Fall Score Winter Score DIFFERENCE Student Student Student Student Student Student Student 7** Student Student Student Student 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 SD = SD (1.5 X 58.3) = 87.5 Slope Cut Score For Grade = 60.6 – 87.5 = Thus, the individual student would need to have a growth rate that was a decrease of or more.