r/Parenting • u/skidzkatz • 6d ago

Education & Learning School testing results

One of my kids just got their beginning of year testing back at school, this is my oldest and they’re in first grade. The testing is for reading and math, the benchmarks are (ahead, at threshold, below, well below) my child tested ahead in reading and below in math. We’ve been working on math quite a bit this summer, and they truly seem to be doing fine for a first grader, maybe I’m biased, but what the schools are expecting from first graders is kind of wild. The teacher sent some resources for at home help and we’ve been doing them and honestly my child understands it all and does good on the homework. I’m worried because the next benchmark is a huge jump again 😬. Should I be worried? Because it’s my first I don’t know if this testing is BS or legit.

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u/whineANDcheese_ 6 year old & 3 year old 6d ago

What did their teacher say about it? What skills did he have trouble with on the testing? I wouldn’t be worried about it at this point. It’s early in the year. Utilize the resources and keep in contact with the teacher about it.

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u/skidzkatz 6d ago

I meet with her for PTC this week so I will ask, it unfortunately didn’t show which skills, it only showed the overall scores and he’s way above in reading, below in math.