mountainmom2011, I would use this as motivation to request a 504 plan of your dd - if she needs questions read to her, extended time, answering on the test booklet - all typical accommodations for kids with dyslexia, now is the time to make the request. The # of standardized tests kids take in school districts starts increasing at 3rd grade (in many places). Even it you're told a test isn't going to keep her out of the gifted program or other programs, it's still a standardized test which will go on her record. Our dysgraphic ds has ons particular standardized test from 5th grade in which he wasn't given his accommodations and his score was significantly from what his other scores have been in the past (and were in the future). So he has this one randomly low score out there, which is meaningless, but we it's still on his record and it still pops up from time to time when lists of test results are pulled.
Best wishes,
polarbear
