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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Almost all of DC's teachers have mentioned that she really stands out in the class, but I wouldn't be surprised if teachers were hesitant to give comparative information other than saying your child is near the top. I don't think it's really necessary other than knowing whether your child has a good chance of getting into the CES, etc - but even that is pretty arbitrary and not always predicted by teachers.[/quote]

Our teachers won't even tell us if a child is near the top, middle, or bottom. We do ask this explicitly. I'm not asking for a detailed breakdown of how other kids are doing but it is helpful to know if my kid is at the bottom in a certain subject or all of them. We wasted one full year with my kid at the bottom of the class being told he is doing fine. He got really depressed and withdrawn because he was struggling but we kept reassuring him that everything was "fine" because his teacher said it was fine. Finally the guidance counselor called us in and she was more frank. She couldn't tell us to get him tested but she used language that made it clear he was not okay despite the fact the teachers kept saying he was okay.[/quote]

Why not just ask what skills the kids are learning, and which ones your child is mastering/working on/needs more help on? Why do you need to know where they are in comparison with their peers?[/quote]

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