Thanks - sorry, had discussed this in more detail in previous thread with blackcat. We certainly do not expect teachers to be mind readers, but in our district, testing data seems to be slowly and reluctantly shared with parents (4th year in district, and this is my strong impression). In our case, we will probably have little current data about students until we arrive at conferences (DS told us he was assessed in reading, but this has not been shared with us by the school. For DD, fall NWEA scores and a myriad of other end of last year, beginning of this year assessments have still not been shared with parents - I would love to have had these well before conferences), which makes preparation difficult. We have definitely been communicating with the teacher by her preferred method (very brief weekly notes)- but that is pretty limited. I actually did specifically ask for NWEA scores and was told they would be available - at conferences - which, in my opinion, makes preparing a challenge. Actually, last year, parents were not given NWEA scores - I had to ask, gently push, and then finally meet with the principal to get DD's NWEA scores. The plan THIS winter is actually also to forgo sharing NWEA results with parents, because we were told "these are just for teachers" (I actually plan to ask for those - wish me luck!). We say "hope" because we are trying to remain optimistic and cooperative, not because we have not wished to have more information.
