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[quote=Anonymous]NP. I would be concerned about either some issue with test taking as PPs have mentioned or something else going on. I would ask for a conference with the teacher and the reading specialist at your school to go over the specifics of the results. Email them and set it up.

I'm concerned with my own DD9's reading comprehension. She's always been an above-grade level reader but when we read together I find her comprehension of the text to be somewhat lacking. Like we'll read a passage and I'll ask her, so why did so and so do this? And she won't be able to answer. I'm not asking her to get inside the character's head, the answer is in the text.

Now finishing 3rd grade that lack of comprehension is showing up more in reading response worksheets. The school sent home a bunch of them over winter break when you read 4 paragraph short essay and answer 4 questions like what's the main idea of the text etc. And a lot of times she got stuff wrong. And yet, she's still 95 on the MAP-R! That led me to conclude the test should be easy for a good reader and it is probably not testing comprehension that deeply. So based on your description of your daughter I find it highly surprising that she would score so low.

Also, Harry Potter sucks, I read book 1 with DD last year and found it to be really long winded and cumbersome. I don't know how kids get through it![/quote]

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