Examiner's Manual & Technical Report - Kaplanco.com

Additional Scoring Rules1. Administer all items in the determined range. All items between the basal and ceilingmust be administered on each subscale to obtain a score. If an item cannot beadministered because a needed material is not available (e.g., stairs, chairs), the examinermay use other sources of information to obtain a response such as caregiver or parentreport. These reports should be used sparingly. It is important to recognize that the mostaccurate overall picture of the child's skills will be obtained from directly administeringitems to the child. Any other sources of information should be acknowledged on theScoring Booklet and in subsequent uses of the assessment information for individualplanning.2. Refusals. If the examiner administers an item and the child refuses to attempt it, the scoreshould be recorded as a minus (-) with the word “refused” written in the commentcolumn.3. Spontaneous corrections. If a child changes his/her response without adult assistance atany time during the administration of an item, the item should be scored based on the lastresponse the child gives.4. Language differences. If a child responds correctly in another language, the score shouldbe recorded as a plus (+), with a comment indicating the response was given in anotherlanguage and which language the child used.28