Question: The client is the mother of a nine-year-old female. The client's daughter is just starting the fourth grade and recently took the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills, a survey achievement test, and had the following scores:

Area Grade Equivalent

Mathematics 3.1

The client is very upset about her daughter's performance and tells the counselor that she thought the child could have done better. She is concerned that her daughter has fallen behind her peers and possibly has a learning disorder. How would you explain the above scores to this mother?