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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm one of the above posters. My child was over a year behind in reading and I was told it was unlikely she would ever qualify for services at the school because there were so many kids even more behind. This was after I asked for a school-based evaluation, which they did. In our district, about 14% of kids are meeting or exceeding expectations in reading. My daughter's school is outperforming those stats with 30% of kids meeting or exceeding expectations.

Schools with higher percentages of kids who can't read or are very behind need more resources. The current triage system is not working.[/quote]

Qualifying for services is not dependent on comparing your child to the other children in the school are.  It is supposed to be based on comparing your child to standards of performance that are not school dependent.  I hope that you recorded that meeting and have filed a state complaint, because you are right the current system isn't working.

And just a note about Reading Recovery- it can help some kids.  But it is terrible for dyslexic students.[/quote]

I know that's not how the law works, but....I'm already part of a federal class-action lawsuit, on behalf of my child, about educational deficiencies in my state. There's only so much time and money I can spend banging my head against a wall. Luckily my mom was a reading specialist for 30 years, so she has helped me set up very effective private services, but most families are not able to pay for their children to learn to read outside of school.[/quote]

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