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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Our school uses DIEBLS and one other test but the name is escaping me.  IME the teachers mention it on conference day, but spend more time going over how the student does in various academic subjects at school.  I've never had a kid in public (at least so far) so I don't know if it's much different there in terms of how much feedback is given on those tests.  [/quote]

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