What is your alls thoughts on using the MAT8 for student placement for students going into high school? I was told that this version of the test has diagnostic properties and is good even for LD students. What has been the experience with this test? Do you think students with IEP’s should be placed using other measures? The reason I asked was that last year on the MAT 7 my son scored at a 6.9 reading level (at time of test he was in the 7th month of 7th grade). Now that score would not seem bad. This year we hired a private reading tutor because he had such difficulty reading. She gave him an individual reading test (dont remember the name but was Brown’s something or other) and determined his independent reading level to be ending 4th grade begining 5th grade (at this point he was in 8th grade 2nd month). So you can see my concern.