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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn't read this whole thread but my DS always gets 100% on his spelling and vocabulary tests. Always.  So, he asked the teacher to move him and then I discussed it with her. Turns out, he isn't a terrific speller when he is doing regular writing.  He's an advanced writer too, but he lets the spelling lag. So, she wants him to start at the beginning and learn the spelling words list by list so that when he uses the words, he does so correctly. He is apparently just a good kid at memorizing lists. Anyway, she had a reason so we are going with it. Maybe your teacher does too.[/quote]

OP here. Maybe there is a great reason. But this isn't the first time we've brought it up. Why are they so secretive and reluctant to share specifics? The teacher just kept saying "she's fine, she's not behind" like that is all we should care about. I want/expect more from my kids than simply "not behind." We had the preschool Weschler test done (considered private) and therefore we know her full scale IQ is 97th percentile. She is in a word study group with a student who almost needed to repeat a grade. Something is amiss here.[/quote]

Preschool tests are not necessarily long term reliable.  So many other factors go into a child scoring well vs a child not scoring well at age three, and most of them are behavior related and not intelligence related.[/quote]

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