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[quote=Anonymous]My first grader is reading at a level M right now.  The little chart tells me that’s 5-6 quarters ahead of grade level (M is an overlap with the last quarter of second grade/first quarter of third grade).  But on her report card, she got an ‘I’ in both Reading: Informational Text and Reading: Literature (R:IT has always been an I, DC has issues explaining what she reads, R:L was a P the first two quarters and is now an I).  According to the back of the report card, the definition of an ‘I’ is “In progress toward meeting the grade-level standard”.  So she’s 1.25-1.5 grades ahead in reading but not meeting the grade level standard?  This makes no sense to me.

I think what she’s reading in school is way too easy (she completes a chapter book every 1-2 days at home) but apparently the teacher thinks it’s too hard.  But if the teacher thinks it’s too hard, why has she advanced DC through the typical second grade levels (from J to M) this year?

I have a conference set up for Friday but I thought I’d ask if anyone had any insight.  Thanks!
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