Dyslexia Report: Required Tests and Clusters

For detailed information about the Dyslexia Report, see the Dyslexia Report Guide located in the Resources section of Riverside Score.

For WJ IV WIIIP users only.

Dyslexia Report Elements

The WJ IV Dyslexia Report provides an organizational framework for assessing the characteristics of dyslexia. The report includes a dyslexia score profile and interpretive overviews. Examiners can include interventions and information from the Dyslexia Teacher and Parent Checklists as well as other WIIIP checklists.

WIIIP Checklists

Examiners can use the following checklists with the WJ IV Dyslexia Report:

● Dyslexia Evaluation Checklist: Parent Form

● Dyslexia Evaluation Checklist: Teacher Form

● Self-Report Checklist: Adolescent/Adult

● Classroom Behavior Observations

● Writing Evaluation Scale

Required and Optional Tests and Clusters

To generate the WJ IV Dyslexia Report, examiners must enter the test scores necessary to generate at least one of the following test clusters:

● Gf-Gc Composite (WJ IV COG)

● Academic Knowledge Cluster (WJ IV ACH)

● Broad Oral Language Cluster (WJ IV OL)

Note: Examiners can use all three clusters but at least one cluster is required.

Examiners are also required to enter test scores for the following test and clusters:

● Spelling Test (WJ IV ACH)

● Basic Reading Skills Cluster (WJ IV ACH)

● Phoneme-Grapheme Knowledge (WJ IV ACH)

● Reading Fluency Cluster (WJ IV ACH)

Note: The Reading Fluency Cluster is required for all examinees ages 7 and older or grade 2 and above.

Table of Required and Optional Tests and Clusters

The following table lists required and optional tests and clusters for generating the Dyslexia Report.

Cluster	Test Cluster Composition	Test Battery	Required / Optional
Basic Reading Skills	● Letter Word Identification ● Word Attack	Achievement	Required
Reading Fluency	● Oral Reading ● Sentence Reading Fluency	Achievement	Required Examinees age 7 and older or grade 2 and above
Phoneme/Grapheme	● Word Attack ● Spelling of Sounds	Achievement	Required
Gf-Gc Composite	● Oral Vocabulary ● Number Series ● General Information ● Concept Formation	Cognitive	Required At least one required from Gf-Gc, Broad Oral Language, or Academic Knowledge Clusters
Broad Oral Language	● Picture Vocabulary ● Oral Comprehension ● Understanding Directions	Oral Language	Required At least one required from Gf-Gc, Broad Oral Language, or Academic Knowledge Clusters
Academic Knowledge	● Science ● Social studies ● Humanities	Achievement	Required At least one required from Gf-Gc, Broad Oral Language, or Academic Knowledge Clusters
N/A	● Spelling Test	Achievement	Required
N/A	● Sound Awareness Test	Oral Language	Optional
Reading Rate	● Sentence Reading Fluency ● Word Reading Fluency	Achievement	Optional
Reading Comprehension	● Passage Comprehension ● Reading Recall	Achievement	Optional
Reading Comprehension, Extended	● Passage Comprehension ● Reading Recall ● Reading Vocabulary	Achievement	Optional
Written Expression	● Writing Samples ● Sentence Writing Fluency	Achievement	Optional
Short-Term Working Memory	● Verbal Attention ● Numbers Reversed	Cognitive	Optional
Short-Term Working Memory, Extended	● Verbal Attention ● Numbers Reversed ● Object Number Sequencing	Cognitive	Optional
Perceptual Speed	● Letter-Pattern Matching ● Number-Pattern Matching	Cognitive	Optional
Auditory Processing	● Phonological Processing ● Non-word Repetition	Cognitive	Optional
Long-Term Retrieval	● Story Recall ● Visual-Auditory Learning	Cognitive	Optional
Cognitive Efficiency	● Letter-Pattern Matching ● Numbers Reversed	Cognitive	Optional
Cognitive Efficiency, Extended	● Letter-Pattern Matching ● Numbers Reversed ● Verbal Attention ● Number-Pattern Matching	Cognitive	Optional
Phonetic Coding	● Segmentation ● Sound Blending	Oral Language	Optional
Speed of Lexical Access	● Rapid Picture Naming ● Retrieval Fluency	Oral Language	Optional
Auditory Memory Span	● Sentence Repetition ● Memory for Words	Oral Language Cognitive	Optional
Oral Expression	● Picture Vocabulary ● Sentence Repetition	Oral Language	Optional
Listening Comprehension	● Oral Comprehension ● Understanding Directions	Oral Language	Optional
Vocabulary	● Picture Vocabulary ● Oral Vocabulary	Oral Language Cognitive	Optional