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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We no longer use the DRA. We do use the PRF. Reading groups are still a thing, but they will be more focused on phonics and phonemic awareness.

I haven't started small groups yet. The time has been spent assessing (PRFs, iReady, DSA, VGA). I'll start small groups after I finish assessing using the CORE and PASS assessments. The CORE and PASS are given based on how the students do in the phonics and phonemic awareness sections of the iReady.[/quote]

My kid doesn’t need phonics and phonemic awareness. She needs comprehension now (4th grade).

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This is what you parents have been fighting for and now the pendulum has swung - hope you’re happy![/quote]

Parents have been fighting for phonics AND a rich knowledge based curriculum. Just wanted to correct this. [/quote]

Dyslexia parents got ahold of the state legislature and brought in iReady and science of reading.  So now suddenly kids will have “comprehension difficulties” starting in 3rd or 4th grade.  You will have to form a contingent and go to the state legislature and take control of the schools from they dyslexia parents.  [/quote]

Wow, what??? You sound crazy.[/quote]

Do I?

Here are some of the lobbying groups for dyslexia VA:

https://www.decodingdyslexiavirginia.org/

https://va.dyslexiaida.org/

Here is the study they wanted:

https://rga.lis.virginia.gov/Published/2011/SD4

And why they changed the assessment to incorporate dyslexia screening:

https://rga.lis.virginia.gov/Published/2019/RD640/PDF

All done by the state legislature which was lobbied by parents who have dyslexic kids.

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Why don't you want people who have children with learning disabilities to advocate for their children? I don't understand. We should all advocate for our children.[/quote]

Right, except when someone said “my child is bored.”  A poster came back and said something to the tune of: “I know your child is bored, but my kid has to have this or he will never read. So who cares if your kid is bored.”

I don’t care if people advocate, but I do care when the advocacy affects my child in a negative way.  I have a right to advocate that my child who was reading at 4 could move on to other phonics lessons.

I think that the parents who lobbied should know that what is great for their kid may not be great for mine.  Also, if more parents feel this way, the dyslexia advocates have a blueprint for how to change instruction in schools: Lobby the legislature.  Some one literally called me crazy for suggesting that that is what happened (it is).

What you are not seeing is that the phonics instruction needs to be differentiated particularly in the younger grades. It isn’t right now.

Why can’t parents of kids who are dyslexic hear that the instruction that is a right fit for their kid may not be for mine?  Is that really wrong of me to say?  I’m advocating too. This is me advocating that FCPS and phonics companies should have a better solution than one size fits all. [/quote]

+1  And parents of kids who are early readers aren't doing it just so their kids can get 'more advanced'--we want our kids to learn to work in school, learn that school is associated with growth and challenge. When kids who are advanced don't get appropriate instruction they understandably develop poor work habits that can affect them for their lifetime.  They also develop false attitudes that are hard to counter like other kids are "dumb" and school is "boring."  This helps no one.  No one is saying that children don't need instruction to help them read, but that it should be matched to their level.  Advanced kids should not have to ride it out until 3rd grade when they can go to AAP if they qualify.  By then a lot of damage has been done on their basic relationship to school/work/learning.  There are some kids who don't need the K-2 level of phonics, plenty of kids who can 'get' the phonics/word study very quickly and a subset of about 20% who will need a lot of intensive instruction.  Does everyone have to take as long on it as those who need it most?  That seems ludicrous. [/quote]

Entitled parents like you are why AAP exist and why so many people put their kids in private until 3rd grade. Please go join them.[/quote]

How is this entitled? Is my child not as deserving of an appropriate education as yours?[/quote]

In the VA constitution and IDEA documents, “appropriate” simply means that the core subjects are taught, it does not mean a quality education.[/quote]

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