I think this is standard. Why would they give you ammunition to make more work for them? LOL!
There are places online where you can test her reading level. Personally, I did it by trial and error and now that dd is in 1st grade, she is selecting most of her own materials in the school library each week. Reading instruction at her school is done from self-selected titles. DD reads quietly to herself each day and reads aloud to her teacher on a weekly basis and also is tested for comprehension using Time for Kids with a sheet of questions afterward. It's an interesting change from the model they used when I was in school of reading aloud in groups and everyone being in the same reading textbook.
I had no clue this was the standard practice. (My older daughter is dyslexic so I'm used to having to advocate for her to get reading help) I'm just disappointed b/c I had no idea the teacher stopped testing my kindergartner after she reached a DRA level of 16 last Fall. She was reading a little bit before school started but I never really pushed any instruction and I really just wanted to see what kind of growth she has made. I'm a numbers kinda person.
So she went from a DRA of a 12 at the beginning of school to a 16 in October and has yet to be tested any higher b/c she reached the benchmark. I think I have just as much of right to know how my child is progressing, as does the mom of little "Jimmy who is reading at a level 10".
Can you share any online places that are good for finding out their reading levels? If I had to guess I would say she is at a mid-3rd grade level based on the books she is reading at home and their lexile level on Scholastic.
