KABC-II Assessment

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The KABC-II assessment measures a student’s processing and cognitive abilities, through nonverbal and verbal tasks to fully understand the scope of the student’s learning abilities. The tests measures using five scale indexes and an overall score. The five scales are Sequential, Planning, Learning, Simultaneous, and Knowledge, and the overall score is the Fluid Crystallized Intelligence (FCI) score. Angel’s FCI score fell within the Lower Extreme (SS: 55) range. Her overall thinking and reasoning abilities exceed that of approximately of 0.1% of typically developing peers. In the area of Knowledge Angel’s score fell within the Lower Extreme (SS: 52) range when compared to children the same age. Knowledge measures Angel’s ability to use the breadth and depth of knowledge of culture. Angel was presented with six pictures of various items and was asked to identify which item matched the orally presented stimuli. For example, the examiner, said “point to painter” and Angel had to identify which picture had a painter. However, as the prompts became more complex, for example identifying what busy looks like she made a decision lacking careful thought. The area of knowledge examined Angel’s abilities …show more content…

Sequential refers to her ability to hold information in immediate awareness and then retrieve it within a few moments, also known as working memory. Angel’s working memory was measured through verbal and nonverbal tasks. On one subtest Angel listened to an auditory stimuli and was asked to verbally recite the items in order. On the second subtest Angel listened to a list of items and she was requested to physically locate each item in the order that it was presented. Overall there is no variability within Angel’s working memory ability. Therefore, it is believed to be a true representation of her ability, as compared to typical developing

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