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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's what I recall hearing from other parents when my kid was going into K:

"My kid already knows how to count to 100.  He/she needs more rigorous math"

Many kids can rote count to 100. Some kids can count out of order like start at 56 and count to 75 but a lot of kids who can rote count can't.  Some kids can actually recognizes numbers past 20 when presented the number by itself  with no reference but you would be surprised at the number kids who can't name a random two digit number that you write down.

"My kid already reads at the 2nd grade level.  She needs to join the 2nd grade reading groups to be challenged."

I hate to burst your bubble but those tests are geared to a very low level.  So while it sounds really impressive, the bar isn't very high and there will be a ton of kids who reach the same benchmark.  Also, testing relies on the skill of the tester at giving the test.  Plenty of kids who were advanced readers in K and 1st were in the lowest reading group once 3rd grade rolled around. It happens. Lastly,  reading comprehension suddenly becomes much more in depth around the end of 2nd and 3rd grade. Reading comprehension depends on being able to use the skill of extrapolating from ones own experiences and base of knowledge to understand literature.  A child who lacks experiences because they are young will not be able to appropriately comprehend.  It's why when one reads a book as  middle schooler and then reads the same book 15 years later, the book has a different meaning to them and they view the book differently.  [/quote]

The advanced readers probably go down in levels as they haven't been stimulated at school and were in a holding pattern.  That is the schools fault for not teaching a child what they need.

Some of us parents do work with our kids and know what they are able to do.[/quote]

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