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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote][quote]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]

OP again. Also, If there are some skills that she still needs, that are for some reason holding her back, then I think it is their responsibility and duty to TELL ME THIS. Getting any info at all is like pulling teeth! That is what is making this a "fight" as you call it. They aren't telling me anything other than "she's fine" and I don't agree![/quote]

OP, set up a conference. When you're setting it up, tell the teacher that your concern is that your daughter is having learning problems in school that you would like to find more about, and that you would like the teacher to have all of your daughter's reading assessment results available for the two of you to go over at the conference.

Then, at the conference, go over the reading assessment results. For each one, ask the teacher what it means, what skills the child needs for it, what the expected range is for the class, etc.

Without this information, all you have is "My daughter is really smart but she's in a reading group with dumb kids and the teacher won't move her, I don't know why." Do not go into the conference with this attitude, by the way. Also, if a reading assessment result is not what you think it should be, don't automatically assume that the result is wrong. Go in prepared to listen and learn, not attack.[/quote]

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