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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are you worrying so much about DC's learning and performance COMPARED TO PEERS? (Capital letters for emphasis, not shouting.)[/quote]

Because otherwise it's hard to gauge whether a child is being challenged for the age or not, is falling behind or not, etc.  Getting a P for a grade level benchmark doesn't tell me much.  [/quote]

If you want to know whether your child is being challenged and is learning, the HGC test results won't tell you that. Standard letter grades wouldn't tell you that either, if you had them. The P on a grade-level benchmark at least tells you that your child is meeting the grade-level benchmarks, i.e., is not falling behind. You can look at the MAP test results over time to see if the scores are going up; that would show if your child is learning at least the stuff on that the MAP tests test.

But really, OP, I sense some anxiety around the general topic "other children are getting ahead, therefore my child is falling behind!". Perhaps a conference with your child's teacher might assuage your concerns. And focus on your child's learning, not what the other kids are doing.[/quote]

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