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[quote=Anonymous]To those who think OP and others are being anxious: you can care that your child has been assessed as below grade level without being anxious or overreacting.

In fact, I would recommend not getting worked up about it as it won't help anything. But in my experience with DCPS, a 2 means the teacher believes the child is struggling with at least some of the grade level material. That is something it is worth doing something about, because maybe this is a kid who needs extra support in order to nail down these foundational concepts.

Though there are two pieces of info OP has not shared but that would be where I would start as a parent: the Beginning of Year iReady assessment and the breakdown of the math grade into component parts. My child who is in 3rd received three math scores on his report card: an overall score, a score for "Operations and Algebraic Thinking" (additions, subtraction, multiplication, and division, to the extent they've covered those last two), and a score for "Measurement and Data." On the iReady assessment, his score was separated into four sections on numbers/operations, algebraic thinking, measurement/data, and geometry, with an assessment like "approaching grade level" or "early grade level" or "mid grade level" for each.

This is actually a ton of info. I would review it, then discuss with the teacher, and take the school up on any resources offered for bringing the child up to grade level. There's no reason to panic or worry anything is wrong, but 3rd grade math involves really important building blocks that your child will need for the rest of her education (and life -- we're talking about comfort with basic numerical functions here, not advanced calculus), so it's certainly worth doing more than just shrugging and saying "I'm sure a 2 is no big deal" and hoping it comes up by the end of the year without any extra effort.[/quote]

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