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I am a retired NC teacher who is tutoring a 1st grader this summer. Her mom just asked me about her 5th grade daughter's eog results. She was on the Honor Roll all year and scored level 4 on math and science. But she scored a level 1 on reading. I'm thinking that it was probably test anxiety or a change in scoring this year. She is being passed on to 6th grade, but probably will be labeled. Does anyone have any insight into the reading this year? Anything you might recommend for reading comprehension over the summer? TIA
something is wrong If a child can pass the math and science eog with 4's, they must be able to read close to grade level. I would suspect testing errors on the reading test, especially if the reading test was administer by computer.

Before I recommended any tutoring or developed any lessons or activities, I would have the child tested with a different readin...See More
Jun 17, 2016
A I agree with the other posters: If she did that well on her other EOCs, reading probably isn't a problem. I suspect testing error, but since you're her tutor instead of her mom, that's not really your job to sort out.

However, no child is ever hurt by more reading. I suggest that you pick Newberry Award winner books and read /discuss them...See More
Jun 17, 2016


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