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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a high school literacy teacher I just want to say that if she retakes a 389, it could go either way. It’s only a few questions, so passing is possible. If she doesn’t, and they put her into a literacy support elective, please don’t opt out of it. The SOL is *not* a hard test, so if kids can’t pass it, even with retakes, they legitimately could use reading intervention. [/quote]

I'm not a teacher but I am the mom of a child with dyslexia that wasn't diagnosed until 6th grade. My child has passed the reading SOL every year - so I agree with this PP. If your child didn't pass, you need to have her evaluated and get her help.[/quote]
Me again - my child had also been seeing the reading specialist all through ES and she STILL passed the SOL. OP, if you don't get your child evaluated, you are doing her a great disservice. Tutoring is not going to help in the same way that intensive remediation for a learning disability will. [/quote]

OP here. I did speak to her teacher about testing her today. She said I am welcomed to do the referral but that she has not seen enough evidence to indicate that there is any type of disability. I will still put in the referral and she is supportive but said for her part she repeated again that she does not have enough evidence to make her think that DD has a learning disability. [/quote]

NP - I agree with the PP that you need to try to get her evaluated. Ideally privately. We are in APS, but the admin only will refer if the child is basically failing. My now middle schooler is super smart but dyslexic/ADHD. They were able to compensate to be average, but really struggling. Our school told us they didn’t diagnose dyslexia until 3rd grade; we had him evaluated privately in 1st grade, extra supports starting in 2nd/3rd and he is now thriving. I would also question other teachers about how she is doing in other classes - particularly for reading, weakness has ripple effects across most subjects.

Another area to consider is whether she has anxiety - my friend’s child has severe anxiety and it curtails his abilities to work independently.

Lastly, for remediation I would recommend finding an in-district tutor - ideally a 6th grade teacher now annd  over the summer. They have access to district resources, as well as knowledge of where she should be, and if there is a possible learning disorder. That is how we identified my child - their reading tutor basically told us that the amount of effort + intellect was not resulting in anywhere near what she expected and she thought something else was going on. [/quote]

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