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Using this computer printout I would tell Ingrid's grandmother that Ingrid performed well on this test. She did not test well below average in any of the subjects being tested and scored well above average in several. According to the test her strongest achievements came in reading comprehension, social studies and science, but it appears she struggled with spelling and math computation. All in all Ingrid performed well, and it is to be remembered that while these standardized achievement tests garner a lot of media focus, they are just indicators and in no way perfect. In regards to strengthening Ingrid's skills I would tell the grandmother that attention needs to be paid to spelling and that should come along with practice and repetition. Also it is clear that she has an average to above-average understanding of math concepts so the discrepancy between that and math computation could just be an outcome of test anxiety or some other kind of fluke. However it wouldn't hurt to do some of the practice math problems provided in class and in the textbook for better comprehension. Most importantly, just because she did well on this standardized achievement test in certain areas does not mean that Ingrid should focus any less attention to them. Ideally, she did well because they are subjects that interest here and this won't be a problem, however it is crucial not to start slacking with them just because of one test.