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Re: Dibels reading assess.
Posted by Pearl on 2/04/06

    My daughter is a 4 yr old who has been reading 3 letter words with
    short vowel sounds since she was 3 yrs and 7 months old. I taught
    her at home.

    Here is my dilemma. She has a May birthday and does not qualify for
    Kindergarten. (Should she be "Left Behind" due to her age?) She was
    given the Dibels Standardized test at 4 years and 6 months and
    tested at the first semester of kindergarten level. This test did
    not include words for her to read, so I was really disappointed.
    Her fluent reading ability was truly not tested.

    My daughter reads the directions on her homework and completes it
    with little or no supervision. She is now reading words with
    blends, two vowels, silent e words, 3 syllable words, etc. She will
    voluntarily sit down and read a whole book (68 pages) such as Dr.
    Seus' "Hop on Pop". She can count to 10 in Spanish and say a few
    conversational words. She writes words without visual or auditory
    prompts. She can write her first and last name, her sister's, etc.
    She reads our emails, notes on the 'fridge, billboards, etc.

    Despite my detailed descriptions of her abilities, her principal
    and the test administrator only responds with positive comments not
    actions. "Oh, she's smart. Keep doing what you're doing. She'll do
    fine next year in kindergarten."
    Meanwhile, they want me to keep her in a Pre-K class that teaches
    upper and lower case letters, numbers, colors, and shapes. She was
    proficient in all of those areas before she was 3 years old. I
    cannot believe their response to my child when this is a Title One
    school who should have embraced and nurtured her abilities from day
    one of Pre-K. She read for her teacher in the presence of the
    principal on the first day of Pre-K. Yet they act as if they have
    avid readers in Pre-K or even K. Out of the 50 kindergarten
    students at this school, I do not think there is one who can read
    as well as my child. Yet she is ignored.

    Perhaps I'll get Sylvan to administer a real reading test to her.

     
     

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