Teaching · Related Services

Record the conditions
while they are fresh.

A cognitive score means what it means only under standard conditions: a rested student, a quiet room, the manual followed. When the fire alarm goes off mid-subtest or the student forgot their glasses, the report needs to say so. Log each administration here and the page lists what belongs in the validity statement.

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Your administrations

The worked example is made up: a two-hour battery with a fire drill in the middle and a tired start, and a short session in a shared space with glasses left at home. Saved on this device only.

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What you get

Teaching · Related Services$19 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
A record per administration: student code, test, date, start and end times, setting, the student’s state, medication, vision and hearing screening, glasses or hearing aids, effort, interruptions, breaks, departures from procedure and seven conditions. Works out session, break and on-task minutes; flags long sessions, interruptions, the student’s state, sensory aids and screening, medication and departures from standard procedure.
Who it is for
School psychologists, educational diagnosticians and other examiners who give cognitive and achievement tests in schools.
Format
Browser log with a saved record per administration. Prints one administration for the evaluation file, every administration in a table or a blank log; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); exports and imports a file.
Access
$19 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Related Services toolkit ($99) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Related Services space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about access, an order or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. Log the student code, test and times.
  2. Note how the student seemed, medication and screening.
  3. Record every break and interruption.
  4. Describe any departure from the manual.
  5. Use the flags to write the validity statement.

Log an administration

What changes a score

Three kinds of condition that change a scoreThe studentTired, unwell, hungry,upsetMedication missed orchangedGlasses or hearing aidsnot wornThe roomNoise and interruptionsLight, glare, chairheightOther materials in viewThe procedureStart points anddiscontinue rulesTiming and repeateddirectionsA subtest stopped andresumedThree kinds of condition that change a scoreThe studentTired, unwell, hungry, upsetMedication missed or changedGlasses or hearing aids not wornThe roomNoise and interruptionsLight, glare, chair heightOther materials in viewThe procedureStart points and discontinue rulesTiming and repeated directionsA subtest stopped and resumed
A score is valid for the conditions it was earned in. Logging them on the day lets the report say plainly whether the results reflect the student’s usual functioning.

A validity statement

“Testing took place in a quiet office over 135 minutes with two breaks. A fire drill interrupted one subtest, which was resumed at the item where it stopped. The student appeared tired early on. Results are considered a reasonable estimate of current functioning, with the interrupted subtest interpreted with caution.”

Split sessions

Most cognitive batteries allow testing across two sessions within a short window; check the manual for the limit. A second morning is often better than pushing a tired student past two hours.

Sources

  1. AERA, APA and NCME (2014). Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing, chapter 6, test administration and scoring.
  2. National Association of School Psychologists (2020). Principles for Professional Ethics, on assessment conditions and reporting (nasponline.org).
  3. Sattler, J. M. (2018). Assessment of Children: Cognitive Foundations and Applications, 6th ed. Jerome M. Sattler, Publisher.
  4. The administration and scoring manual of the test you give.

The worked examples are made up. This log records conditions; the test manual and professional judgment decide how scores are interpreted. Use codes for students. Nothing you type is sent to Caveat. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.