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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]-Fall VALLSS (1st grade, 2024) score was a 592 and Fall VALLSS (2nd grade,2025) was a 624.  They've made almost no progress over the year with decoding.  Real word decoding fall last year was 3/15 and this year 2/15. pseudoword decoding last year 1/15 and this year 0/15.  Phoneme segmenting last year 5/10 and this year 3/10.  They made a little progress with encoding from 11/80 last year to 39/88 this year but are still super behind. Fluency is also poor.  [/quote]
OP all of what you wrote here indicates that there is probably more going on than ADHD, and you should request an evaluation for dyslexia.  Many schools are proactive with Tier 2 (small group) interventions, but for testing that would lead to Tier 3 (intensive) interventions, they wait for the parent to initiate.  I wouldn't spend too much time worrying about why.  The system is broken.

Just ask for a screening (initial evaluation) meeting.  It's step one in the IEP process.  At the meeting, the team would decide whether the evidence indicates that testing should be done.  Once you send the email, the school must hold the meeting within 30 days.  If they determine testing should be done, they have another 60 days to schedule and conduct the testing.  This International Dyslexia Association info sheet on testing and evaluation might be helpful.   https://dyslexiaida.org/testing-and-evaluation/[/quote]

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