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Reply to "PALS Scores for 1st Grader - What is actually good and is it an indication of anything?"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When we had our first grade son's parent-teacher conference at an APS, she launched right in to the PALS scores. She told us the statewide PALS score for 1st grade is 39. Our son's score was 88. She then went through his score for 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade PALS and shared that he was reading at close to a 4th grade level. This seemed great to us but her lack of enthusiasm suggested otherwise. Is that because all 1st graders in the APS system do much better than 39? [b]Is it because we're in one of the N. Arlington schools where the peer group is generally excelling already in 1st grade?[/b] We're still perplexed by what the PALS system really means, if anything, and whether we should support him in reading beyond his level or just keep him reading whatever he's interested in (even if that means lots of Pokemon and Skylanders books?!). Any experience with this?[/quote] Yes. [/quote]
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