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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What level does the teacher assess your DD at? I found the teacher typically assess them much lower than what they can read at home. My son was assessed as a D in preschool when his preschool teacher think he reads at the second grade level. But the reading specialist did not think he was comprehending at that level.

I don't really care. I just let him choose whatever he wants to read. I don't think this assessments are always accurate. But it is really more about getting them to love reading than moving up rapidly in levels. My DS's school send home books that are way higher than his assessed level sometimes. Because they want the parents to help with reading to get them to comprehend better. Some like to send book that is easier than they can handle to build up confidence. I say it is all good. [/quote]

If you read this thread through, you'll understand that the reading teacher is probably assessing him using something like the DRA and, as a result, your son is not passing a certain level even if can decode ("read") the words on the page (meaning, to you, he can "read" the book.)[/quote]

If you really read my post, you will understand that I understand exactly how reading level was assessed and has no issues with it whatsoever. [/quote]
I "really" read your post and still didn't understand that you understood how reading levels were assessed.  Why would you even consider what a preschool teacher (who isn't obviously testing your child in reading) believes your child's reading level is?  When you wrote that you found the, "teacher typically assess them much lower than what they can read at home," that showed zero understanding for WHY (as in the the test is far beyond straight decoding).[/quote]

Look, my son's preschool teacher requested the help of a reading specialist because she thinks my son is reading at 2nd grade level and wants to know how to support that.  He was not assessed at the 2nd grade level. He was only assessed at the K level and I was fine with that. We did not care what level he was reading at because he was in preschool. I was just trying to tell the OP that even a preK teacher could think a child is reading higher than his assessed level is.

Often a child will read books higher than his assessed level is at home either due to interest or what others are doing. All I wanted was to tell the OP that when the teacher assess reading levels, they may seem to be lower than what the kids are doing at home. I did not go on and on about why. But where did I say that I disagreed with our teacher.

Okay, I did say sometimes the teachers may be wrong. But who is always right? I was just trying to give the OP the benefit of the doubt and not tell her that she was wrong. Not that I have doubt about my son's teachers. I was just trying to support the OP. I don't know what you are trying to accomplish. [/quote]

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