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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's the point? Your child is reading on grade level or above grade level. How could there be a disability and be why do you want there to be one? A test is just a snapshot in time. [/quote]
A kid with an IQ more than a couple standard deviations above average should be reading well above grade level. Just meeting "grade level" is a way to deny 2E kids' true needs.[/quote]
I agree - but in this situation, I would think that investing in a tutor to attack decoding might be a more worthwhile effort.
If you are in the greater DC area - you are only going to have a headache and not get support that your child needs as unfortunately the schools have no means to support their needs. 
I know it is frustrating - as this approach is not aligned with what we all know the law says.  
As a parent of a child with dyslexia - I can share that our experience with getting services have been a struggle - and my child was 2 years behind grade level in reading (with an above average range for IQ)[/quote]

OP here. I don't know if we want to fight about an IEP or get a tutor -- but first I wanted to know if this was a problem. My initial concerns that led to the evaluation was around ADHD.[/quote]

My thoughts is that there is more going on than just decoding problems then if you suspected ADHD. The school system was probably intentionally avoiding collecting the data needed.

I would recommend having your child privately evaluated. A good evaluation report becomes a road map of how your child learns and without it a tutor won’t know how to best help your child. The report gives suggestions for gaps that need to be filled in. It even provides documentation for needed accommodations for a 504 plan or special education services on an IEP.

Worthwhile doing even if you don’t take the results back to an IEP team.

Take the testing the school performed[/quote]

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