st. pauli girl,
The purpose of today's meeting was to start a discussion about how to challenge DD starting next Fall.. She was accepted into the AIG program, but our other daughter is AIG math, and it's not very challenging and only meets every other week. In addition, we are starting to hear lots of "school is boring - why do I have to wait on other kids" - etc, etc. She is beginning to not like school. As I stated, even the principal wondered if it wasn't right for our daughter. She was very impressed with the Lexile score and made a big deal out of stating that it is evidence based. DD's older sister is only one grade ahead so between that and the fact that DD is the size of a peanut makes me think that full grade is not in our future (evidently Iowa frowns on full grade accel. in cases like ours). On the other hand, the principal asked what we wanted for DD. We asked if the WJ would clarify her achievement, and the principal asked us to have the WJ done.
Here is the scoop on the Case 21. The kids take it pretty often. DD's scores are all over the place every time she takes it.
"CASE Assessments provides pre-made or custom benchmarks based on a district or school’s needs. Benchmarks can be given at six or nine weeks. Other features include •60% of questions measure higher order thinking
•Questions are tightly aligned with state standards
•Content vocabulary is appropriate for the subject/level
•Tests are aligned to district guides or pacing guides recommended by CASE Assessments
•Format and question stems mirror state tests"
http://www.te21.com/pages/page.asp?page_id=222268
