Originally Posted by Melessa
However, in addition, she also relates it to typical kindergartener (ex- "comprehension" of kindy books which is really just memorizing the items in order). Thus, since ds is not great at memorizing those too easy books, he must not understand anything more complex. (Can you tell this is driving me crazy?? I have to readdress this with his teacher, but I'm not sure how to not sound offensive.)

It's a step further in my child's case. Verbal answers or circling the right answer won't suffice. He is required to write the answer for reading comprehension. I completely agree with what you have said. Sometimes, I think my kid's teacher does not quite know what to do with him.