So, Sam's conference was first. At his fall conference there was some behavior issues. Sam is a very bright kid, and quite honestly he is VERY bored in school. So, tonight we're told that his behavior is 100% improved! So, thats a relief. Then we go on to the academic *stuff*! So his teacher tells us that he is reading at about a 3rd-4th grade reading level. He has no problem sounding out words, in fact he rarely has to stop and sound them out anymore. At this school the boys take what is called NWEA tests (Northwest Education Association). He is too young for the MEAP test, so this is what would be equivalent to a MEAP test. WELL, Sam's tests showed this: Math, the normal "average" for a child in 1st grade would be a score of 170, Sam scored 190.
Reading, the "average" score for a 1st grader in reading is 160 and Sam scored almost a 200.
So, Sam is doing quite well for a child his age. In fact Sam, according to these tests results he has surpassed 99% of other children in 1st grade. I just hope that next year he will have a teacher that pushes him a little bit harder.
Ok, onto Ryan. At this level with Ryan he gets letter grades. Soooo, he has a B+ in Language Arts, a B+ in Reading, an A- in Math, a B+ in Social Studies and a B+ in Science.
Ryan also had to take the NWEA tests and in reading he scored 216 points (the "average" score for a 4th grader is 207). In Math Ryan scored 217 and the "average" score for a 4th grader is 209. So Ryan is also working above average. He does a great job in school and Ryan recently was awarded the Virtue of the Month Award for 4th grade for the "Encouragement" Virtue. Apparently Ryan does a great job encouraging his classmates.
So, all in all conferences went great. I'm glad its done until fall though...
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