Originally Posted by Zen Scanner
Another to add to the list:
Teachers from year to year using completely different standards to measure reading skills.

To have a kid come out of K with a Fountas & Pinnell of T, then having the 1st grade teacher report an L is dispiriting (not to mention suspicious when the letter moves in perfect progress through the year; p.s. what is the definition of sandbagging?)

Zen
Do they report the level on the report card? It would seem that an explanation would be in order - perhaps even a full battery of school paid for testing to explain how suddenly your kid dropped 8 reading levels over the summer!!!

DeHe

Last edited by DeHe; 09/24/13 12:29 PM.