First grade - should I seek further testing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 7yo did is in first grade. She is at reading level F, dra 8. She reverses numbers and letters very frequently. I'd say she reversed the numbers 2,6,9 like 80% of the time. She even reverses check marks. When she reads - sometimes I'll notice she starts with the end of the word.
Her teacher seems to think she's right on target. I just have a nagging feeling about things. Would you pursue outside testing for a learning disorder ? Who administers that type of testing ?
Thanks !

Sounds like my 7 year old. I think it's too soon to worry.

[Anonymous]

Whats the harm in asking for an evaluation?

[Anonymous]

Private testing can be very costly.

[Anonymous]

I grade math quizzes for my child's second grade teacher

Geeeeez this is why we don't like parents in the classroom. sorry don't mean to hijack but this really bugs me. Teacher should be doing grading the math quizzes. Teacher should be seeing the errors. A parent should not know.

[Anonymous]

You described my DD exactly, same reading level and she reverses the check marks too. Teacher says she is fine, but we really try to emphasize reading at home to make sure she doesn't fall behind (they are supposed to be at 1/J by the end of the year). I also print out worksheets for her to trace her letters/numbers -- maybe 1 minute a day, tops.

[Anonymous]

Different biased parent here. I agree with the parent who pointed out some things to look for, particularly how your child feels about herself. "On grade level" is easy to fake for a smart kid with reading struggles. They compensate, not to be tricky, but once they hear the book read, there fluency will increase significantly because they remember the story. A cold read could net a fluency of 30% while a warm ready gets her to 80 or 90%.

[Anonymous]

Geeeeez this is why we don't like parents in the classroom. sorry don't mean to hijack but this really bugs me. Teacher should be doing grading the math quizzes. Teacher should be seeing the errors. A parent should not know.

+10000

former teacher turned SAHM. I never had parents grade papers in my class-in fact, we had a policy in my school that, while we encouraged parent volunteers, they were not volunteering in their own child's class (except for room moms, parties, and field trips). Great policy.

As a parent volunteer, I was grading papers--to include writing essays, etc. The teacher had lots of volunteers and everybody knew everybody's business. Awful policy. Parents should not have access to this information. There was one parent who was accused by another of changing test scores in the teacher's grade book. Sad part--I think it was true.