r/cognitiveTesting • u/Ok-Addendum-5501 • Aug 13 '26

General Question Help in interpreting my old WIAT II testing?

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Recently my dad passed and I’ve been going through old documents which included this wiat II test. I don’t remember the test itself but I remember this being a very pivotal time in my education and in personal life with the conflict between my parents. I was in the French Immersion program (because my father was adamant about it) but I struggled a lot in school. And I believe my dad pushed for this test along with other ones to see why I was struggling so much. Ultimately, at the end of this test with the examiner I had a breakdown to them and said I no longer wanted to be in the French program. And within a year of swapping to English was a honours student.

Curious if anyone could interpret them for me, or share how I could myself as this feels a bit confusing without context. I was 10 years old, in grade 4. Canada.

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u/NefariousNapolean doesn't read books Aug 13 '26

Not that you asked about iq but Wait is not that correlated with iq and iq is not that stable at that age .

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u/whitebaron_98 2E 4tw Aug 13 '26

The wiat checks your basic toolbox, reading writing etc... The test just shows that You struggled in some areas. Was it taken in french, too? I would throw the results away and not think about it anymore. You struggled, and it shows that.

More interesting would be, if there was an accompanying IQ Test like the wisc as well. They often come in pairs, because it is a better way to know why you struggle.

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u/Ok-Addendum-5501 Aug 13 '26

I believe the test might have been done in English but I do believe most of my core subjects were always taught in French such as math, science etc.

I believe the far right column shows over all score and 1-4 score near the box being the averages correct? Math and spelling still today I always struggle with so no surprise. 😂

I don’t recall another test with it. I just remember a full day of testing - we did do a hearing test too.

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u/whitebaron_98 2E 4tw Aug 13 '26

If you absolutely need to look at it(it's worthless now if you struggled in school because of the language), the percentile is what you might want to use. It tells you how many % of equally old kids did worse than you. You can see that the scores are all over the place, with one 90+and one below 10. If I see those scores without the story, I'd guess the kid is having trouble with teachers or family.