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[quote=Anonymous]Please stop telling me that by 3rd grade it evens out, a lot! I have heard this mantra time and again. If by 3rd grade, a non reader is ahead of a KGer who was reading, the school has failed the one reading in KG. Our DC was reading the likes of trumpet of the swan in KG, the teacher sent her home with the BOB books. I was dismayed - did the teacher not assess my DC properly? End of year my DC was assessed as on level for reading? Really? Thanfully, I am a techer and just ignored the KG teacher and tested my DC weekly in reading (and math) 1st grade teacher said DC is so far advanced that would benefit in a 2nd grade reading group (just for reading, we didn't want to skip a grade). School replied that DC was just fine in 1st grade and would level out by 3rd. Thank God I am educated and an educator, again, I just ignored that administration and supplemented at home. Since SOLs, DC ha always scored 600/600 on the reading and writing SOLs. DC writes many stories and song lyrics and reads, on average, 3-4 hours a day. We have considered Mary Baldwin in place of HS, but DC wants to go to prom and be a 'normal' kid.

So...no, kids don't level out by 3rd grade, if the parents are involved and question the authorities (admin). Had our DC leveled out, it would have been a tragedy, as DC is beyond exceptional, especially in reading and writing. This is not to say that some non-readers in KG will catch up to the KG readers, but it is not the other way around, or it should not be, IMO. [/quote]

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