Regarding achievement tests: they just started doing the Woodcock Reading Mastery test with her today... is that a good indicator?
Last year, the old school district called in a reading specialist who ran a battery of tests (maybe that was also the Woodcock-- I never asked) and just ended up stopping when they realized she had mastery on a 3rd grade level.
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For math, they gave her some kind of achievement test at the beginning of kindergarten and said she mastered 1st and 2nd grade (over 90%) and had a passing grade for 3rd grade (around 70%). Again, I don't know what kind of test it was... I never thought to ask.
I am not familiar with the Woodcock Reading Mastery Test. From what I could find online, despite its name, it sounds as if it is just like any other achievement test in that it reports percentile rank and grade equivalents as compared to national norms.
I think *you* need to have a good understanding of your daughter's achievement levels and the tests used to determine them before you can expect to get anywhere with the school officials. If you don't know what tests she took or what the scores she got mean, it's going to be pretty difficult to convince an administrator that she needs acceleration, especially when they obviously don't want to provide it.
