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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just got ours HSPT. It’s bad. Bad bad. Like below 40th percentile. Our child has an older sibling at the school we’re applying to, and has all A’s and B’s as well as extracurriculars. Scored very high on one or 2 sections but awfully low on others. 
Are we screwed?
I am truly shocked. This child is not stupid but tested horribly. [/quote]

Right there with you.  Wondering if school prepared the kids poorly. It's a well regarded Catholic pk-8. Shocked.  [/quote]

My experience with our well-regarded parochial grammar school is they don't tell you where your student falls within the class.  We have a probably an average to below-average academics student who we were told "he's fine" from K-8.  Started suspecting maybe not so fine by middle school.  Same refrain from school " he's fine." Had we known just how low he was ranking in the class - we would have done some intervention significantly sooner.  His HSPT scores were abominable yet he was an A/B student.  Looking backwards: it is no real surprise.  But, had we known just how far behind some skills were relative to his peers - we would have pressed the gas a lot more, a lot sooner.

So, precautionary note to parents.... if you suspect your kid needs some academic intervention / skills work but your schools says "he's fine".... believe your instincts - not some well-meaning but overworked and perhaps disinterested staff that don't really care about your kid once he is off their class list.  [/quote]

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