I need an am I going crazy check here

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of kids make DRA 28 at the end of first. Some of those kids would have cleared DRA 38, 40, or even 50 if given the chance. There’s nothing wrong with wanting appropriate instruction if your child is more than 1 year above grade level. Very few first graders score level 4 on iready, so PP’s kid most likely does not have a peer group.

Yes, exactly, thank you. Hitting 28 doesn't tell me anything.

Translation= I agree with everyone who thinks my child doesn’t have a peer group in intelligence.

What exactly is your point or problem? I'm not sure what you don't understand about wanting a more accurate measure rather than the more limited information that putting a cap/ceiling on 1st grade provides.

[Anonymous]

You said, “yes, exactly” to “iPP’s kid most likely does not have a peer group.” That’s what is insane. My highly gifted son (where the psychologist who administered the wisc said he is probably the brightest child in the whole school, statistically, did just fine with the dra results when he was your kid’s age. Since Iready wasn’t administered then, it didn’t apply to him before this year (which was already older than your child.) A really, really bright kid, in general, challenges himself.

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^ what’s the point of having AAP at all if bright children ought to be capable of challenging themselves? Why do 20% of FCPS kids “need” to be taught at one grade level ahead, yet apparently none of them need to be taught 2 or 3 grade levels ahead?

A first grader scoring level 4 on iready is uncommon. PP’s kid is probably the only one in the grade who scored that high.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You said, “yes, exactly” to “iPP’s kid most likely does not have a peer group.” That’s what is insane. My highly gifted son (where the psychologist who administered the wisc said he is probably the brightest child in the whole school, statistically, did just fine with the dra results when he was your kid’s age. Since Iready wasn’t administered then, it didn’t apply to him before this year (which was already older than your child.) A really, really bright kid, in general, challenges himself.

What do you know about my child? He doesn't have a peer group and there isn't anything "insane" about that. My child will be "fine" as well as doesn't need a DRA score to challenge himself - all that I'm saying is that it would be nice to test for actual level or ability rather than stop at 28. I really don't understand why this makes you so angry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You said, “yes, exactly” to “iPP’s kid most likely does not have a peer group.” That’s what is insane. My highly gifted son (where the psychologist who administered the wisc said he is probably the brightest child in the whole school, statistically, did just fine with the dra results when he was your kid’s age. Since Iready wasn’t administered then, it didn’t apply to him before this year (which was already older than your child.) A really, really bright kid, in general, challenges himself.

What do you know about my child? He doesn't have a peer group and there isn't anything "insane" about that. My child will be "fine" as well as doesn't need a DRA score to challenge himself - all that I'm saying is that it would be nice to test for actual level or ability rather than stop at 28. I really don't understand why this makes you so angry.

Not angry at all. I’m. Former teacher and I’ve seen parents like you every year I taught. (How on earth do you know your child doesn’t have a peer group?!) Kids can learn from other kids, both below and above them. Hard to believe, isn’t it?

[Anonymous]

Glad you don’t teach anymore!

[Anonymous]

Former teacher: in all of your years of teaching, you’ve never encountered an academic outlier?

My kid likewise doesn’t have an academic peer group in math. I know this because my child’s teacher and the math specialist directly told me. The solution for my child was to take math class with a higher grade level. Theoretically, the same should be possible for PP’s kid. At the very least, higher level materials could be used for language arts instruction. There’s no point at all in instructing a kid at a level the kid has already mastered.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Former teacher: in all of your years of teaching, you’ve never encountered an academic outlier?

My kid likewise doesn’t have an academic peer group in math. I know this because my child’s teacher and the math specialist directly told me. The solution for my child was to take math class with a higher grade level. Theoretically, the same should be possible for PP’s kid. At the very least, higher level materials could be used for language arts instruction. There’s no point at all in instructing a kid at a level the kid has already mastered.

It sounds like the angry PP doesn't want to believe that there are any outliers more "bright" than her own kid. She is clinging to what the psychologist told her about him being the brightest child ever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Glad you don’t teach anymore!

Me, too!!

[Anonymous]

Some studies say 2.5% if the population is gifted...and they all live in Fairfax County.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Former teacher: in all of your years of teaching, you’ve never encountered an academic outlier?

My kid likewise doesn’t have an academic peer group in math. I know this because my child’s teacher and the math specialist directly told me. The solution for my child was to take math class with a higher grade level. Theoretically, the same should be possible for PP’s kid. At the very least, higher level materials could be used for language arts instruction. There’s no point at all in instructing a kid at a level the kid has already mastered.

NP. Eh, I can see from the school webpage that my DC was the best reader in his grade in K and 1st. Is that harmful? No. Do I want him to be moved up to the next grade for ELA? No. That's a lot of stress for not much reward.

[Anonymous]

What?? You can see from the school webpage?

[Anonymous]

Please, don’t you get it? Everyone has the best math and reading kid. That’s evident.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please, don’t you get it? Everyone has the best math and reading kid. That’s evident.

Yeah, but a few kids actually are the best at math or reading. People on this forum don’t seem to want to acknowledge that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Please, don’t you get it? Everyone has the best math and reading kid. That’s evident.

Yeah, but a few kids actually are the best at math or reading. People on this forum don’t seem to want to acknowledge that.

That was the point of my post. Everyone here thinks her kid is the top or gifted or testing above grade level or has no peer group or.... Obviously that can’t be. I mean - the other parents must all be mistaken. After all, the teacher told me so, the tests say so, my kid says he’s bored, my kid hasn’t learned a thing all year...