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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Reading level went down because of the book selection at school?  I find that hard to believe.

Were there no challenging books available at home, in the library or at the community library?[/quote]

This question can be the same for parents who say their child 'needs' AAP. Can't they provide more challenging work at home? Can't they pick up books from the library on how to enrich their gifted children?

Parents who have struggling readers with dyslexia often hire private tutors at great costs because the school is not providing what their child needs to succeed. Why can't those parents with gifted kids that need more hire private tutors if GE is not enough?

It's funny what you find hard to believe.

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What i find hard to believe is "reading level going down" especially for the reason PP gave.

If she had said the kid quit enuoying reading, of got lazy with reading, that is believable.

But reading level "going down" because the kid didn't like the selection of books available in second grade? Absent some LD, that statement is preposterous.[/quote]

No it's far from preposterous. It's another example of how there are much lower expectations towards achievement for GE kids. The thinking is, okay you can read these you're at grade level, great. Not okay you can read these, let me see if I can raise your interest onto the next level.

It's the opposite in AAP, teachers there try to see how else they can challenge this child that is coasting along rather easily.

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