Specific Learning Disabilities
A comprehensive psycho-educational assessment from a psychologist or learning disabilities specialist that includes the following: NOTE: All of these tests must be based on adult norms.
- Clear statement of the specific learning disability with the DSM-IV diagnosis
- A test used to measure intellectual ability, including scores and subtest scores
- A test used to measure academic achievement, including scores and subtest scores
- A test used to measure processing ability, including scores and subset scores
- Profile of academic strengths and weaknesses and how these relate to academic limitations
- Clinical summary
- Recommendations for reasonable academic accommodations
Acceptable IQ tests:
- Kaufman Adolescent and Adult Intelligence Test
- Stanford Binet 4th Edition
- Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale – III (WAIS-III)
- Woodcock-Johnson III General Intellectual Ability (GIA)
Not acceptable:
- Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (KBIT)
- Slosson Intelligence Test
- Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI)
- Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – III (WISC-III)
- A test used to measure academic achievement, including scores and subtest scores
Acceptable achievement tests:
- Nelson-Denny Reading Test
- Scholastic Abilities Test for Adults (SATA)
- Wechsler Individual Achievement Test – II (WIAT-II)
- Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Achievement
- Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests – Revised
Not acceptable:
- Wide Range Achievement Test – 3 (WRAT-3)
- A test used to measure processing ability, including scores and subtest scores
Acceptable processing tests:
- Detroit Tests of Learning Aptitude - Adult
- Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Cognitive Abilities
- Profile of academic strengths and weaknesses and how these relate to the academic limitation(s)
- Clinical summary
- Recommendations for reasonable academic accommodations
Psychological and Psychiatric Disability
Psychological or neuropsychological evaluation or report from a psychiatrist or licensed psychologist that includes the following:
- Clear statement of the condition with the DSM-IV diagnosis, completed within previous six months
- A description of the symptoms which meet the criteria for the diagnosis
- A summary of the assessment procedures and evaluation instruments which were used to make the diagnosis
- Information about current prescribed medications used to treat the disability and possible side effects
- A description of the functional limitation(s) caused by the disability
- Recommendations for reasonable academic accommodations