Well I think we have a lot going on with the school and not the best history with this building, which is k-2. Her brother was tested with fluency and comprehension levels at least 5 years ahead and yet he got a "at grade level" score on DRA at this school. She was tested on wppsi and WJ Ach last spring. Her test lined up well together and with what we see her reading at home. The started off the first meeting bring the math sheet in and discuss it as a problem. In the first meeting they agreed to do an alternative reading assessment to DRA and take a look at her writing. Which I have been telling them for a year I was concerned about as did her teacher. We had a developmental opthamologist look at her last year to rule out any vision issues. The school OT looked at her and didn't see any fine motor issues other than very slight weakness. Despite her strong reading, the writing is a wreck both in content and mechanics. Occasionally I'll let her dictate her writing to me instead of her writing it. I have her tell me the exact words and punctuation to write down. The content of her dictation is appropriate and strong.
When we go back to the second meeting, they had not looked at her writing and told use the DRA was the very best test to use. Now they are scrambling to do more testing after the district level person called them. A few of the staff seemed angry before we even called the district level. Which was frustrating since we told them very clearly we were concern about the assessment not them.
I don't believe they really want to do much of anything for her other than lock n step. I don't think they are going to try to tank her results. I just don't think the person who would test her has much if any experience. They didn't plan on using the school psychologist. They plan on having guidance counselor administer the test. Which in all my years of IEPs with my older kids, I have never had of a GC administering achievement testing. When I mentioned that she barely made the age cut for her grade and that age scores might be higher than grade scores, the response was that I was wrong. That concerned me a lot. Her brother who is also young for the grade always had his age scores slightly higher when there was room to be higher. She has a room to be higher on the SS scores.
As far as conflict with people, She is the dream kid to have in a class. Bubbly, helpful and kind to everyone around her. She is the kid other teachers ask to have in their class the following year. I think they just don't want to do anything. The GT program begins in 4th grade and it is a great program, but before that nothing. The Math enrichment is weak, I would never fight over it. She comes home and enriches herself. It is once a week and grade level stuff. It is mostly logic, puzzles, and other misc. Nothing I would feel she would lose out on if she did not go to it. My DS was miserable until 4th grade. I am just trying to avoid any of that for her. She loves school in many ways but often comes homes sad about how bored she feels.
