But what I wanted to add is that it also seems strange that the school would do a retake in the case of negative growth.
We have never had negative growth before either but from what I could gather reading comments on NWEA's Spark Forum it seems retakes are not all that uncommon. Not getting your score seems way out there.
Just wanted to update this with the exact wording from the e-mail we received so that others can understand what I am dealing with here:
The first e-mail simply stated:
"while analyzing the reading data, I noticed that she has what is called a negative growth score. NWEA recommends that she retake the test."
Then once the test was retaken and we had been told we would be provided with the report but it never came, we got this 2 weeks later when there was no follow-up from the teacher:
"I have been in contact with NWEA because they did not process her new score and have kept her negative growth score. NWEA has not been able to tell me why it is not registering. I will send you the report as soon as they fix their data. You can contact them if you would like."
I feel it's bizarre of her asking us to contact NWEA about a test she is supposed to be responsible for administering correctly.