polarbear, I wondered that myself. NWEA testing was at the end of Sept and she was sick at the time with a horrible cold that turned into walking pneumonia. She could have very well been feeling under the weather on the day of the reading test. I do remember, in fact, one day she got off the school bus and I asked her how her testing had went and she said she felt she blew it because she didn't feel very good. When I asked her about the Reading test yesterday, she said she thought the test was hard. That being considered, I just tested her on 4th/5th grade vocabulary and she was struggling, so at least part of it is that she needs to be more challenged in that area.
IMHO, one of the problems with having an overachiever in a normal classroom is that even their "worst" looks pretty good, so the teacher is probably going to think I am looney when I go in there to discuss "the problems" she is having. That being said, our district motto is one years growth in one years time, so I think that I do have a leg to stand on because even if she is in the 80th percentile currently, negative growth is negative growth and defies their promise to the parents of our district.
Our new superintendent is currently trying to implement a G&T program (non state funded) into our schools. Her 4th grade teacher and I discussed how supportive he is of the G&T kids who are not being adequately challenged, Unfortunately, she said she can only come up with creative ways to challenge DD, but she is tied to the curriculum for the grade (which is why I often supplement with activities, learning, etc. at home). But I think that her being aware of this and him being sensitive to it, might give DD a better shot at getting some extra help at school.
