Thanks, aeh. I can't imagine her reading score could really have dropped that much. They test every 9 weeks. I can't decide whether to ask for a retest or just wait. It doesn't make much difference; they have almost no books over an 8th grade level anyway as the school only goes to 8th grade. I'd really like to be able to free up the time for her to do something else, though (like work with her writing tutor) and I thought I could argue that if she hit the maximum - so the lower score was disappointing.