What mistakes do Ms. Wiggins and Ms. Seaver make when they interpret the test scores that the psychologist has reported?
What will be an ideal response?
They make three mistakes:
• They overlook the fact that a student with a traumatic brain injury would need more time to process information and so would do poorly on a timed test.
• They fail to recognize that eight-month-old test results may not accurately reflect Wesley's current level of functioning.
• They fail to consider the fact that Wesley's difficulty in reading may influence his performance on any paper-pencil tests that are not intended to assess reading per se.
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