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OP here. I actually don't believe her reading and word study groups are her academic peers. There are only 3 other kids in her group and I know for a fact that two of them have private tutors and get pulled out for reading simply to scrape by. The same homework my DD sails through alone, these girls complete with a 1:1 private tutor. One girl was almost held back last year until her parents threw a fit and hired the summer tutor. These are NOT my daughters academic peers.

I did speak to the teacher (and last year's teacher too.) She claims there is some assessment (but not related to previous word study grades) that determines the level. I have yet to be told how the assessment works. Both teachers seem unwilling to deviate from what this all-knowing assessment tells them. (Yet this assessment is brief enough that they solo administer it individually to 25 kids!)[/quote]

OP, your attitude may or may not be justified. But it is certainly not helpful. If you want to help your daughter, you have to work with the teachers. It sounds to me like you're marching in with the attitude that the teachers who are fools who don't know what they're doing, and you know better. This attitude will not work in your favor.

[b]Also, you know far too much about the personal business of other students in the class.[/quote][/b]

OP here. I agree with the bolded. The mothers have big mouths and volunteer this to me. It's not like I ask.

As for working with the teachers, we've tried asking nicely. They just blow us off. Why am I the only one concerned that her supposed reading and spelling level have gone from advanced to supposedly grade level at best? If this is true (and I don't think it is) my daughter is inexplicably dropping of her own curve, and he teachers haven't noticed or don't care.[/quote]

It sounds like the kids are grouped by DRA and F&P levels.  They're both individually administered reading ability tests.  They test more than just decoding (which is the spelling/word group skills you keep talking about).  Simply ask the teacher what her reading level is.  She should easily be able to give you a number or a letter (depending on which test they use.)  She should also be able to tell you the range of levels in your child's reading groups, and what skills your child is most struggling with.

This doesn't need to be a fight.  If your daughter was already in the top group and the teacher wasn't offering additional challenge/differentiation, then I'd say yup - the teacher just isn't willing to work with your child.
But there is SOME reason the teacher thinks your daughter is appropriately placed in the lower group. [b] Find out why.[/b]  Accept that there may be skills she still needs.  And understand that reading level isn't just about being able to decode and spell words.[/quote]

This.  I don't feel like you have all the information.  Set up a conference.[/quote]

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