Anonymous wrote:My 1st grader is at level P, which google tells me is at the end of 3rd grade. He's not even in the top reading group in his class. He's smart, but at least as measured by reading skill, is not exceptional.

Anonymous wrote:Op here. The reason I asked is my son is unfortunately very very average. He doesn't have too many interests and not much perseverance. I am very disappointed but really try to work on it, never show it to him and am trying to find something he is good at. He is not into arts, not into sports, not into anything. His only interest and capability is reading. But even that seems to be not that unusual. Oh well. At least he is good at it.

Anonymous wrote:Op here. The reason I asked is my son is unfortunately very very average. He doesn't have too many interests and not much perseverance. I am very disappointed but really try to work on it, never show it to him and am trying to find something he is good at. He is not into arts, not into sports, not into anything. His only interest and capability is reading. But even that seems to be not that unusual. Oh well. At least he is good at it.

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Anonymous wrote:My DD8 has always been a fantastic reader. She was reading magic treehouse at age 4. She was assessed in kindergarten once to be at level N. That was near the beginning of the year. In first grade she was assessed once or twice again. The teacher told me she could just read anything at conference. She was giving her 6th grade level books at free reading. Near the end of first grade she was assessed by a local university to be at a 6th grade level all around. In second they said she was at a level S(4th?) even though on RAZ kids she was on level Z at the end of first. At the beginning of third grade her Lexile was tested, and it was 10th grade level. But the enrichment program the school uses gives her 8th grade comprehension assignments.

That is all to say I am always skeptical about reading levels. They are very subjective. I think the best indicator is that DD actually loves to read. She reads for hours a day. From preschool on I didn't worry about exact levels, and it seemed teachers didn't either! She's also been tested as gifted.

Since I have a child like yours, let me tell you something - watch for their socialization. Reading for hours on end, like I did, and DS does, is actually not THAT great. We have inattentive ADHD and our hyperfocus is reading. It's wonderful for general culture and knowledge and definitely makes it easier to go to grad school and go into academia/research later on, but... other skills have to be developed too.

Anonymous wrote:My DD8 has always been a fantastic reader. She was reading magic treehouse at age 4. She was assessed in kindergarten once to be at level N. That was near the beginning of the year. In first grade she was assessed once or twice again. The teacher told me she could just read anything at conference. She was giving her 6th grade level books at free reading. Near the end of first grade she was assessed by a local university to be at a 6th grade level all around. In second they said she was at a level S(4th?) even though on RAZ kids she was on level Z at the end of first. At the beginning of third grade her Lexile was tested, and it was 10th grade level. But the enrichment program the school uses gives her 8th grade comprehension assignments.

That is all to say I am always skeptical about reading levels. They are very subjective. I think the best indicator is that DD actually loves to read. She reads for hours a day. From preschool on I didn't worry about exact levels, and it seemed teachers didn't either! She's also been tested as gifted.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know about any of these posts. But my DD is actually 7, 1st grade in "W cluster" MCPS. Her reading level is at the top of the 3rd Grade band. However, her progress report does not say that she is exceptional for reading, only that she is meeting/achieving the grade level standard. I think that is because it is clear to me that most of her friends in the same class are more advanced readers. So either it is a class with 7 super gifted girls or the grade standards for reading are set too low. I am going to assume it is the latter, particularly since while my DD is a decent reader, she is not an avid reader and looking at the things she feels most comfortable reading, I would concur that she is reading where I expect an average 1st grader to be.

The bands for average for reading in 1st grade are quite wide. They narrow as the children age.

Her child is in the 3rd grade band, which is much narrower.

What? Her child is in first grade- so the band for average for 1st graders goes really high ( and possibly past the 3rd grade benchmark) and goes low.

Anonymous wrote:What if you kid is reading at third grade level at age four?

(And, yes, fully comprehending and tested at that level too)

What do you say, educational researcher?

(Not that it matters really, kid is no longer four)

Anonymous wrote:What if you kid is reading at third grade level at age four?

(And, yes, fully comprehending and tested at that level too)

What do you say, educational researcher?

(Not that it matters really, kid is no longer four)

Anonymous wrote:^^forgot to say I'm also an educational researcher