Howler- were you ever successful in getting dd's teachers to recognize and accept the motivation/interest factor and how it contributed to her performance? I firmly believe that's a big part of ds' situation but the school just keeps pointing to lack of superstar performance in the classroom. He gets almost all 100s but does what he needs to to the letter of the instructions but doesn't go above and beyond. And he has little to no interest in spending time rereading and retelling his reading stories (I think he feels he invested enough time in the initial read). Then he gets his personal book out and reads 😃