Question

2. Determine if the following are true or false and explain why. Matthew is a sixth grade student. He obtains a Grade Equivalent (GE) score of 8.3 in reading. This means that Matthew scored well above average fifth-graders on reading. A GE score for Matthew of 8.3 means that he can read as well as eighth-graders in the third month of the school year. Matthew’s GE score of 8.3 on reading means that Matthew could well be put in a class of eighth-graders for material in which readings skills are important Matthew scores a GE score of 6.4 in arithmetic on the same test battery from which his reading GE score was 8.3. This means that in arithmetic, Matthew is nearly two years behind his performance in reading.

Answer 1

1. Matthew is a sixth grade student. He obtains a Grade Equivalent (GE) score of 8.3 in reading. This means that Matthew scored well above average fifth-graders on reading. True. The average fifths graders would obtain a score of 5 on this test.

2. A GE score for Matthew of 8.3 means that he can read as well as eighth-graders in the third month of the school year. True. The digit before the decimal in the score indicates the grade (which is 8) and the digit after the decimal (which is 3) indicates the month.

3. Matthew’s GE score of 8.3 on reading means that Matthew could well be put in a class of eighth-graders for material in which readings skills are important. True. Matthew score appears to meet the average criteria required for his grade.

4. Matthew scores a GE score of 6.4 in arithmetic on the same test battery from which his reading GE score was 8.3. This means that in arithmetic, Matthew is nearly two years behind his performance in reading. True. Because the grade scores indicate grade-wise performance, we can conclude that a difference of 2 points would be equivalent to about 2 years.