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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]according to my kid's report cards my K -er is reading at the same level as my second grader, which is ridiculously inaccurate. [/quote]

I understand that the "reading" level is computed with comprehension questions on age-appropriate content, not merely decoding text. So maybe your Kindergartener scored well for comprehension that day and your second grader did not.

My second grader, who reads grown up books, has wonderful expression and fluency and decodes exceptionally well for his age, scored just below grade-level because he has trouble understanding or responding to comprehension questions. Even though he can correctly understand the books he reads! So this summer I decided we were going to work on reading and verbal comprehension. He has no problems with these that I can see per his summer workbooks, so I have no idea how they got his grade!

I also think this grading system is very murky.[/quote]

I think this is a common issue with string readers in second and third grade. They comprehend all the facts in the book, but the comprehension questions are more abstract with the more challenging books. So they have to understand an abstract question, figure out the answer, and put it in writing. Lots of kids struggle with it.[/quote]

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