In this episode, I’m breaking down one of the most useful lenses we can bring to student evaluation, executive functioning.
I talk through when I start looking more closely at these skills, especially when the data is not lining up and a student’s classroom performance tells a very different story from their test results.
I also walk through how I assess executive functioning, both with formal tools and without them, because sometimes the most important clues are sitting right there in the classroom, the backpack, or the work samples.
This one is practical, honest, and a reminder that the gap between knowing and doing can tell us a whole lot.
Resources:
Here are some of the tools I mentioned:
NEPSY: Auditory Attention and Response Set, Inhibition, or Animal Sorting
D-KEFS: Trail Making, Color-Word Interference, or Tower Test
A Continuous Performance Test for sustained attention
BASC
Conners
