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<blockquote data-quote="momtoagreatkid" data-source="post: 165327" data-attributes="member: 2345"><p>"Two years ago (4th grade) difficult child scored in the 20th percentile for math, reading and language. EVERY test since then (two times a year in Fall and Spring) he is declining! </p><p></p><p>I just go the test results and he lost 11 points in math and is now in the 1 percentile, he gained 4 in reading but is now in the 3rd percentile, and he gained 16 in language and is in the 11th percentile."</p><p></p><p>What kind of testing are you discussing that he is given twice a year? For a child to drop from the 20th percentile to the first percentile in a subject in two years is a huge drop. Anytime a child scores below the 25th percentile on achievement testing, it is a concern, but once a child scores below the second percentile, it is a very loud alarm going off. To say that your child is scoring in the 1st percentile in math, the 4th percentile in reading, and the 11th percentile in language is to say that your child is scoring well below grade-level (50th percentile) and well below average (25th-75th percentile). So what type of testing is your child being given that is showing this?</p><p></p><p>"He has NO diagnosed learning dxs'. He qualified because.."Not learning up to his full potential". I guess that means IQ (98) compared to grades???"</p><p></p><p>A child can't qualify for an IEP under "not learning up to his full potential." Your child had to have qualified for an IEP in a certain category, and from what you are saying, I would guess it was Learning Disabled (Learning Disability (LD)) because "not learning up to his full potential" is what an Learning Disability (LD) is. To say that your child has an IQ of 98 is to say that your child's IQ is in the 45th percentile, but academically, he is scoring in the 1st percentile in math (33 points below his IQ, which is over two standard deviations), 4th percentile in reading (28 points below his IQ, which is over one-and-a-half standard deviations), and 11th percentile in "language" (17 points below his IQ, which is just over one standard deviation). That most certainly qualifies your child as Learning Disability (LD).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="momtoagreatkid, post: 165327, member: 2345"] "Two years ago (4th grade) difficult child scored in the 20th percentile for math, reading and language. EVERY test since then (two times a year in Fall and Spring) he is declining! I just go the test results and he lost 11 points in math and is now in the 1 percentile, he gained 4 in reading but is now in the 3rd percentile, and he gained 16 in language and is in the 11th percentile." What kind of testing are you discussing that he is given twice a year? For a child to drop from the 20th percentile to the first percentile in a subject in two years is a huge drop. Anytime a child scores below the 25th percentile on achievement testing, it is a concern, but once a child scores below the second percentile, it is a very loud alarm going off. To say that your child is scoring in the 1st percentile in math, the 4th percentile in reading, and the 11th percentile in language is to say that your child is scoring well below grade-level (50th percentile) and well below average (25th-75th percentile). So what type of testing is your child being given that is showing this? "He has NO diagnosed learning dxs'. He qualified because.."Not learning up to his full potential". I guess that means IQ (98) compared to grades???" A child can't qualify for an IEP under "not learning up to his full potential." Your child had to have qualified for an IEP in a certain category, and from what you are saying, I would guess it was Learning Disabled (Learning Disability (LD)) because "not learning up to his full potential" is what an Learning Disability (LD) is. To say that your child has an IQ of 98 is to say that your child's IQ is in the 45th percentile, but academically, he is scoring in the 1st percentile in math (33 points below his IQ, which is over two standard deviations), 4th percentile in reading (28 points below his IQ, which is over one-and-a-half standard deviations), and 11th percentile in "language" (17 points below his IQ, which is just over one standard deviation). That most certainly qualifies your child as Learning Disability (LD). [/QUOTE]
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