For the CC2, should birth date be adjusted for children held back?

Created by Matthew Russell, Modified on Sat, 25 Feb, 2023 at 2:13 AM by Matthew Russell

If a student has been held back or repeated a year – should you refer to the norms based on the year level they are currently in, or the norms associated with the year that corresponds to their birthday?


In this specific case, it is a good idea to shift the child's birth date to match the grade they are in, rather then their age. 


If the assessment is about determining how a child is progressing compared to children in the same grade, then yes, it's a good idea to shift the date of their birth to make them appear 1 year younger for the norms. 


For assessing a child in a clinical setting, it can be worthwhile using two assessments for the one child.  

Run the assessment with the child, setting their correct birth date.

Export the results including the raw data. 

Re-run the test with the adjusted birth date to be one year later, manually inputting the raw data from the original test.


This would give a age-based result, as well as a grade-based result, providing a more nuanced insights.

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