My son just skipped third and his writing was great for a third grader-but he was low for a fourth grader when he first was moved. He has slowly but steadily improved. All the other writing for content like science and reading has been just fine the whole time. Not sure about his writing in Spanish. But his essays are definitely better after just 9 weeks in the class. I figure he is squashing third and fourth grade writing growth into one year and it is probably good for him to have to work hard. I feel he will be sailing along above grade level next year with writing and this was a bump in the road that I anticipated.
