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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous[quote]]I was going to add that my son was above grade level in K-1 but then leveled out to "on grade level" in 2 and now appears to be going above grade level in 3rd again. When they start limiting reading levels based on written responses and deeper reading comprehension, levels can change for kids--at least it did for our son.[/quote]
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We had a similar experience.  DC has always tested as above grade level and was in the highest reading group however dc seemed to make little progress in first grade because reading level was tied to written responses  
It is important to know that most schools in MCPS stop testing children once they hit the "above grade level" benchmark.  It is only in third grade that they do an out of level test for the first time - MAP-R.  For a parent this is a very informative test because it is nationally normed and you know exactly what your child's comprehension level is.  So, while some of the "above grade level" readers may continue to demonstrate being one grade level above their grade, others might be three, or six or eight grade levels above their grade.  
In our ES, around 60% of second graders are identified as "gifted" by the infamous global screening test and I imagine most of these kids are reading above grade level but I doubt that many would be reading between 3-8 grade levels above grade.  Each school may only have a handful of students in each grade who are reading so many years above grade.  These are the children who might end up in a HGC.
To the original poster.  You may want to talk to your child's teacher if there is a big difference between his/her comprehension levels (as evidenced by his reading level) and the books he/she is interested in.    [/quote]

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