AnnieBee
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Hi All,
my DD is going to be (re)tested for early entrance to kindergarten this afternoon, at 2pm. I just got it set up this morning, the lady has been out with Jury duty all week, and we just got back in the country Tuesday pm anyway.
She was tested in June, it is an IQ test, and by state law, they have to score 130 (+ or - 3 points, so 127 would be OK). In June she scored "only" 123, so not good enough, even though she is only 2 months too young, and is SO ready for kindergarten, socially, emotionally, physically and academically. She can read, writes pretty well for being 4 and 9mnths, counts past 100 etc etc. She will be so bored in K if she can't start until a year from now... It is extrememly frustrating to me that all of this is ignored, if the IQ is not high enough (BTW, 130 is about the top 3% of people!!).
We are also looking into other options, but there aren't too many.
Anyway, please pray that she will focus and just do her best, and not be too tired (we are a little jet-lagged, and she seems a bit tired right now...). Last time, one part didn't do as well on was a section that was timed, and she sort of embellished her answers, instead of just circling them(!), so I really am hoping and praying that she will just follow the directions properly, focus and score high enough this time. I am hoping that being her second time around she will at least be more used to the lady and location, which might help too (she will be in a room without me).
Got to run, TIA for the prayers!
Annabel
my DD is going to be (re)tested for early entrance to kindergarten this afternoon, at 2pm. I just got it set up this morning, the lady has been out with Jury duty all week, and we just got back in the country Tuesday pm anyway.
She was tested in June, it is an IQ test, and by state law, they have to score 130 (+ or - 3 points, so 127 would be OK). In June she scored "only" 123, so not good enough, even though she is only 2 months too young, and is SO ready for kindergarten, socially, emotionally, physically and academically. She can read, writes pretty well for being 4 and 9mnths, counts past 100 etc etc. She will be so bored in K if she can't start until a year from now... It is extrememly frustrating to me that all of this is ignored, if the IQ is not high enough (BTW, 130 is about the top 3% of people!!).
We are also looking into other options, but there aren't too many.
Anyway, please pray that she will focus and just do her best, and not be too tired (we are a little jet-lagged, and she seems a bit tired right now...). Last time, one part didn't do as well on was a section that was timed, and she sort of embellished her answers, instead of just circling them(!), so I really am hoping and praying that she will just follow the directions properly, focus and score high enough this time. I am hoping that being her second time around she will at least be more used to the lady and location, which might help too (she will be in a room without me).
Got to run, TIA for the prayers!
Annabel