BY the way, the WJ-III Ach Broad Reading scores put him at a grade equivalent of 3.6. The report says he will "get the most gains by being presented with reading instruction from early 3rd to early 4th grade range" and that "anything under 2.9 will be QUITE EASY form him."
That's very interesting. I was not given a report, just a copy of his IEP eval which showed the tests, scores and percentiles. I had to ask for grade level equivalents, which were then included. But no test report or anything.
Our meeting was re-scheduled for next week but there is an opening at a different school and I may snatch it up. Then cancel the meeting.
Irena, when I went to visit other schools I talked to one of the prinicipals about the reading level, saying that DS had actually been demoted at his current school. She was completely unconcerned and said that she is passionate about literacy and bascially that she's an "expert". She told me she would never have a child progress that fast through reading. Because the content would be way too advanced. I was dumbstruck and just stared at her, my mouth probably agape. So like you, I want to have a reasonable argument. But how can you argue with idiocy? And literacy "experts"? If a child can pass reading assessments at a higher level, then that shows they can handle the content, right? And surely there are books out there that are not too "mature". It's not like we're going to give them "Forever" by Judy Blume! Level Q on Raz-Kids is fine in terms of content/maturity. There are books that exist that don't have violence, sex, bad language, advanced social situations, etc.
