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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does your private school administer any of the testing that's optional for private schools?  That can give you a high-level view of where your kid stands in relation to state or national standards.[/quote]

What testing are you talking about? [/quote]

Tests like DIEBELS that are routinely given in public schools because (I think) it's required.[/quote]

Iowa test of basic skills is often used in private settings to have some amount of nationally normed info. My DD is in a private that uses both Iowa and iReady and my friend’s daughter is in a private that uses MAP. My DS in public also does MAP (3x per year) and this year in 3rd will take the VA SOLs. [/quote]

Do a significant number of private schools really not do any of this kind of testing at all?[/quote]

OP here.  Our school does DIEBELS, but nothing else.  You have to specifically ask for DIEBELS scores.  I have been able to confirm from those scores that our kid's reading ability is fine.  However, DIEBELS seems more like a tool for identifying problems than a test that measures where your kid's ability is at if there aren't problems doing fine.

No testing for math, writing or spelling.  For math, I get most of my baseline info from Mathnasium.  For writing and spelling, I get info entirely by trying to figure out (very imperfectly) what other kids' work looks like.  It is not great.[/quote]

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