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OP here. I actually don't believe her reading and word study groups are her academic peers. There are only 3 other kids in her group and I know for a fact that two of them have private tutors and get pulled out for reading simply to scrape by. The same homework my DD sails through alone, these girls complete with a 1:1 private tutor. One girl was almost held back last year until her parents threw a fit and hired the summer tutor. These are NOT my daughters academic peers.

I did speak to the teacher (and last year's teacher too.) She claims there is some assessment (but not related to previous word study grades) that determines the level. I have yet to be told how the assessment works. Both teachers seem unwilling to deviate from what this all-knowing assessment tells them. (Yet this assessment is brief enough that they solo administer it individually to 25 kids!)[/quote]

OP, your attitude may or may not be justified. But it is certainly not helpful. If you want to help your daughter, you have to work with the teachers. It sounds to me like you're marching in with the attitude that the teachers who are fools who don't know what they're doing, and you know better. This attitude will not work in your favor.

Pp your words are not helpful. OP certainly knows Her daugher better than anyone else. Teachers sometimes want to fool parents as if we are not a aware of what's going on in the classroom.

Also, you know far too much about the personal business of other students in the class.[/quote][/quote]

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