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[quote=Anonymous]In the early grades, should a child's reading level progress level by level over the school year? How would you interpret it  if the instructional level keeps jumping 3 or 4 levels at a time? I ask because DS's instructional level at the beginning of the year seemed low compared to where he was last year and his general ability.  He is in first grade. I questioned it at the teacher conference, and next thing i knew, he had jumped 3 levels. He stayed at that level until I volunteered in class and questioned the teacher about her spending only about 5 minutes with his reading group. Next thing I knew, his level jumped 3 more levels. More recently, he went from a level K to a level N. I discussed this with a friend who is in DCC, and she said a similar thing happened with her daughter. In her case, the teacher was focusing her energies on the lower level reading groups, and only assessing her daughter every once in awhile. I don't want to criticize the teacher if this is a normal practice. But something about it doesn't feel right to me.[/quote]

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