Testing

We did testing yesterday, an assessment in reading and math that will help my daughter's school know where she is on everything. It was not timed so she was not pressured to perform. She got out her scratch paper for math and was reading everything out loud. I think she did well and she seemed to enjoy herself. I hope it gives her teacher and school a better picture of her abilities than the standardized test she took last spring shows. She did not do well on that one as she does not respond well to time limits; they fluster her and she still doesn't finish. There was a lot that she did not finish and some things that she would have done better on had she not been under tremendous pressure. Her report card from last year shows all A's all year long and that does not jibe with the average (and a few below average and a few above average) scores on the standardized test. So for those reasons I'm glad she took this untimed assessment.

As for me, I feel as if a ton of bricks has been dumped on my head with very little guidance as to how to navigate through it all. I'm trying to learn my way around the website for her school but it's quite frustrating and terribly overwhelming as there is so much there and I'm not sure what either of us is supposed to be doing. I'm getting a little help from her teacher but it's not nearly enough. I do not enjoy this feeling of inadequacy on my part but hope that things smooth out soon. I would have liked to have received some training on how to get through all of this and how to teach my daughter but it looks as I will be figuring that out as I go along.