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[quote=Anonymous]Understand your frustration ... we had a similiar experience where DC tested at a much higher level in preschool than in Kindergarten.

A few thoughts - and I may be speaking out of turn since DC is now in 4th grade and not in 2.0 during K -

One is that in MCPS "Text level 6 has been identified as the stretch goal for the end of kindergarten" - I got that from the MCPS web site.  It could be that once she attained the benchmark, they just didn't test any higher.  That happened to my child in 2nd grade.  They tested DC at the very beginning of the year and found that DC had reached the benchmark, so they didn't test again all year.  Not that I agree with that, but that is what happened.  It is frustrating.

At some point in MCPS, the kids have to demonstrate comprehension via written response.  I don't think it is at Level 6, but I don't remember which level.  My DC's writing skills were not on par with his reading skills.  So while his reading may have been higher, he could not yet respond in writing to the comprehension questions, so that brought his reading level down until his writing level caught up.[/quote]

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