cammom - that sounds AMAZING that your school tests out of level! I am not familiar with those tests, but what nice progress!
Hmmm....well, I believe I spoke too soon. I wasn't clear on the meaning of "out of level" testing. I think the DRA was tested out of level (I believe it's a test that gets progressively more difficult as the test goes along.
DS scored much higher on the Gates than the DRA, and now I'm beginning to understand why. The Gates is a reading test that is group administered and probably operates very much like any standardized test. I was confused because they provided a grade equivalency with his score.
It seems that the Explore may be a true "out of level" achievement test. I would like to try that test for DS in a year or two, to track his progress.
