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[quote=Anonymous]Teacher here again...I am not sure why some parents are adamantly opposed to a Multidisciplinary Team assessment, what are you afraid of? I asked for and received 1 for my child when he was in first grade at a DC Catholic school when his needs were not being met. DCPS provided it as they are legally obliged to do, free of charge.  Information is a good thing, what you choose to do with it is another thing.

Kindergarten through 2nd grade are the "Learning to Read" years, beginning in 3rd grade it shifts to Reading to Learn.

The research is clear: if children cannot read proficiently by the end of third grade, they face daunting 
hurdles to success in school and beyond. Third grade marks a pivot point in reading. In fourth grade, 
students begin encountering a wider variety of texts. By then, able readers have learned to extract and 
analyze new information and expand their vocabularies by reading (O’Brien, 2008). But struggling readers 
rarely catch up with their peers academically and are four times more likely to drop out of high school, 
lowering their earning power as adults and possibly costing society in welfare and other supports 
(Hernandez, 2011).  
-from the National School Board Association

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