State Testing

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MomtoJGJE
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State Testing

Post by MomtoJGJE » Sat May 15, 2010 7:09 am

Jayden did her first testing yesterday :) I'm pleased to announce that she did great! We still have about 9 weeks left in Beyond, for first grade, and her lowest scores were 1.5 in math speed (she scored 2.9 in competency) and 1.6 in grammar... if it's in the setting of "school" she gets the grammar, but if it's not with the school books open in front of her she doesn't even think about it. Everything else was at least mid second grade!!

Thursday night I was talking with DH and I told him that I thought she might have some problems with math and explained how Singapore is different from other math programs. He agreed that if they solely test her on addition with a bit of subtraction she might be a little lower than her actual abilities. And that's what they did... they had her do a bunch of math problems as a timed test. So what she did, she got correct, but she didn't do them as fast as the testing person thought she should... she suggested we get a timer and train her on how to do a timed math test. I smiled and nodded and told DH that I really couldn't care less how fast she does the math as long as she knows how to get the right answer. We'll work on that if we ever decide to put her in school.

But it was really nice for me to see that the subjects that HOD (and our home) puts first are the ones she did well on (she did well on all of it, but best on) like reading comprehension AND fluency... they actually wrote that she was "superior" to others of her level in her broad knowledge!

Thanks to HOD for making it easy for mom's to teach the important things!!

Tukata
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Re: State Testing

Post by Tukata » Sat May 15, 2010 9:12 am

How exciting! Thanks for sharing!
Erin :D
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my3sons
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Re: State Testing

Post by my3sons » Sun May 16, 2010 2:56 pm

That's wonderful - thanks for sharing this! :D We did Standardized Testing last week, and I don't have the scores back yet, but I know he did very well. I am thankful HOD has my back on this. :wink: I'm celebrating your dd's success with you today! :D :D :D

In Christ,
Julie
Enjoyed LHTH to USII
Currently using USI
Wife to Rich for 28 years
Mother to 3 sons, ages 23, 20, and 16
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Carrie
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Re: State Testing

Post by Carrie » Wed May 19, 2010 11:40 am

Lora Beth,

Thanks for sharing your testing experience! It sounds like you have your priorities right and that your test results were what you expected. I'm so glad that your daughter did well, and I am celebrating with you today! :D

We pray the Lord will bless you on your homeschooling journey and that He will give your daughter the strengths she needs to complete the work He already has planned for her! :D

Blessings,
Carrie

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