[senco-forum] NFER dyscalculia screener

The version we have in school measures baseline response times and
then presents the child with some counting problems, and then some
arithmetic problems. The children also identify whether numbers are
more or less than each other even though the numbers might be visually
larger or smaller (graphically that is).

I have used it a couple of times, as we had a young girl in year 6 who
was way behind her peers. However, she had memorised a lot of
arithmetic facts by heart and had worked hard to be able to recall
them as quickly as possible, without little understanding behind them,
and so the result from the assessment was that she was not at risk.
However, my professional judgement still led me to believe that she
had significant and severe difficulties in grasping the concepts
behind simple maths.

So, as with every assessment, take it with a pinch of salt and use
your wider knowledge and previous records of that child.

Hope that helps.
Adam

On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 5:17 PM, lk s <lks1985 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>  Has anyone used this on primary age pupils How reliable did you find it and what insight did it give you into pupils particular maths difficulties
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