[blindkid] TX School for Blind Assessment Braille Reading Rates??

Chantel Alberhasky chantel at alberhaskylaw.com
Tue Mar 20 15:50:59 UTC 2012


I just received the Braille skills evaluation report for my 8 year old son.  Drake is in 2nd grade.  His oral Braille reading rate for second grade level is 50 WPM,  36 WPM for 3rd grade level and 34 for 4th trade level. The report goes on to say that Drake is "on track to achieve the norms as identified by the Texas School for the Blind (TSBVI) Assessment Kit Braille Reading Rates."   The Texas School for the Blind's braille reading rate for 3rd grade is only 51 WPM and for college it is only 115 WPM!  For print reading a 3rd grader should be reading 110 WPM.  So college Braille readers should be reading at the same level as a third grade student?! 


Can anyone give me information on the Texas School for the Blind Assessment Kit Braille Reading Rates?  How did they arrive at these rates as being the "norm" for the various grade levels?   I know there hasn't been any recent studies that would indicate the reading rates for Braille so how did Texas School for the Blind come up with these very low rates? 

I will of course be arguing these rates are much too low.  I also have a great state law I will rely upon which requires schools to provide instruction so that a child can communicate effectively and efficiently in Braille at a level commensurate with his sighted peers of comparable grade level and intellectual functioning.   To rely upon the Texas School for the Blind reading rates would be inconsistent with our state law.

In any event, any information anyone can give me regarding TX School for the Blind Assessment Braille Reading rates would be appreciated. 
 
Chantel L. Alberhasky, Esq
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 From: Dr. Denise M Robinson <deniserob at gmail.com>
To: "Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)" <blindkid at nfbnet.org> 
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] IQ testing
 
The WWJIII is now in a braille format to access blind children and is
adapted appropriately--You can get it from APH
Denise

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 8:43 AM, Patricia <bcsarah.fan at gmail.com> wrote:

> As a blind aspiring counsellor who has my Bachelors in psychology, I
> am familiar with these IQ tests and have always been curious, has
> there been any attempt to make these tests accessible to blind and
> visually impaired children? Or is the answer just "they're not, and
> that's the way it is." I don't expect a definitive answer on this as
> I'm sure no one here would know, but it's always been one of those
> things that I've been curious about.
>
> Patricia
>
> On 3/19/12, Tom and Deb OConnor <toc6642 at charter.net> wrote:
>
> > Is a vision impairment a valid reason not to give a child a "complete"
> > Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-fourth edition?  The final
> > conclusion was that it would be inappropriate?  Given 5 subtests only.
> >
> > Thanks for any information on this.
> >
> > Tom & Debbie O'Connor
> > toc6642 at charter.net
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