Originally Posted by cricket3
I remember several conferences where the teacher mentioned the measured level, then said something to the effect of "of course, she is probably really at about xx, but they don't let us test that high..." And we would all smile and move on. For kids like ours, I think the levels are pretty meaningless,

Indeed. I still do get into a twist about putting those false scores into writing that matters, like an IEP report. Because I like actual data that mean something. This is a minority position.