Teaching · Related Services

A low copying score: is it the eye, the hand, or both?

Enter the visual-motor scores the way the report gives them. The summary puts them on one scale, separates seeing from moving, and checks both against what the classroom sees.

Start a results recordWhat you get
$12one-time · every device you sign in on
Buy · $12

Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Or get it in the Related Services toolkit, $99 for 152 items.

The results record

One record per student evaluation, dated. The example is made up.

Loading the form. If nothing appears, turn on JavaScript.

What you get

Teaching · Related Services$12 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
Every visual-motor score on one yardstick, the hand and the visual side sorted apart, the scores beside the classroom, and supports to discuss.
Who it is for
School occupational therapists, school psychologists, evaluation team members and special education teachers.
Format
Browser organizer. One saved record per evaluation; printed with its summary or as a blank form; CSV of scores; export and import a file.
Access
$12 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 an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
the eye, the hand, and the copy between them
Drawn for this page. A copying score mixes seeing and moving; the scores for each on their own show which one is pulling it down.

How to use it

  1. Write the team’s question in a sentence or two.
  2. Enter each score exactly as the report prints it, with its metric and interval.
  3. Tag each score with what it measures: copying, perception without drawing, coordination, dexterity or handwriting.
  4. Add what the classroom shows for the same skills.
  5. Read the contributor note and the flags before you write the report.

Start a results record

What the organizer does

Copying has two halves

Copying a design takes seeing it accurately and moving the pencil to match. Many design-copying tests come with two supplements, one for perception with no drawing and one for motor coordination with little perception load, so a low copying score can be traced to one side or both.

One yardstick

Standard scores (mean 100, SD 15), scaled scores (mean 10, SD 3) and T scores (mean 50, SD 10) are all distances from the norm group’s mean. The percentile shown assumes a normal curve; use the one printed on the report when it differs.

What it is not

It holds no norms, names no published test and decides no eligibility or diagnosis. Supports listed are ideas for the team to weigh with the occupational therapist.

Sources

  1. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 34 CFR 300.304(b) and (c): a variety of assessment tools; no single measure as the sole basis.
  2. Case-Smith, J., and O’Brien, J. C. (Eds.) (2020). Occupational Therapy for Children and Adolescents (8th ed.). Elsevier: visual perception, visual-motor integration and handwriting.
  3. American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association and National Council on Measurement in Education (2014). Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing: score interpretation.
  4. Feder, K. P., and Majnemer, A. (2007). Handwriting development, competency, and intervention. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 49(4), 312 to 317.

The example student and scores are made up; test names are generic. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.