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[quote=Anonymous]I believe the potential harm comes from teachers comparing children in the early elementery years. Some of the younger, less-experienced teachers without children of their own can, IMO, tend to compare apples to oranges thinking they are comparing apples to apples. A parent who doesn't know better can end up thinking that their child should be writing paragraphs in 1st grade. I tried, unsuccessfully, to talk a parent out of having her child "tested" because the child wasn't keeping pace with an advanced curriculum. There was nothing wrong with her child but she felt pressured by the school to "make sure" there was nothing wrong by doing this expensive testing. Her child hated it. I'm afraid she made her child feel like there was something "wring" when there wasn't. It was a waste of thousands of dollars and left the family feeling angry and confused. [/quote]
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