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usernametaken · 10/04/2008 21:41

What do you use for assessing where your child is academically...if you do?

I have found the Burts reading age assessment online but this only covers decoding of words, not comprehension. Can anyone recommend an online site that can give an indicator of current levels?

I found an American site called k12.com that will do placement tests in Maths and Reading, it is a bit American really though.

I am really looking for something that will give me some levels of where DD is.

Many thanks.

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Runnerbean · 11/04/2008 08:53

My dd's use www.educationcity.com and I have EdAlive Braintastic cd's, which are both National Curriculum. They are both working at levels above their "school" year so that's enough for me to know.
I don't expect my dd's to return to the school system anytime in the near future, so it doesn't matter too much to me, but I suppose if I expected them to go back to school at some point, it would.

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Cadmum · 11/04/2008 18:34

Runnerbean do you happen to have a Tell-a-friend code for educationcity?

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usernametaken · 11/04/2008 20:55

Hi,
Thank you for your replies.
We have educationcity too (excellent btw). I'm not overly interested in the scores of the assessments, it is more to present some 'data' to those relatives/exDH etc that what we are doing is fine and that DD is thriving.
A Burt reading test can show them her decoding skills and show that she is not falling behind by her peers. I have no worries as to her acaemic level but there is an awful amount of pressure to prove where she is. Sad really.
K12.com gives good placement scores but they are American grade scores.
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Runnerbean · 12/04/2008 07:56

Hi Cadmum,

Yes my code is E827EE3G

Thanks!

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Cadmum · 12/04/2008 17:36

Thank you runnerbean! I have just started with the 10 free days and if I sign up then I will use your code for sure.

I hate the fact that I will always have to prove that my children are making progress but I suppose that it helps to ensure that they are on track.

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Julienoshoes · 13/04/2008 00:06

Why do you say you will always have to prove that your children are making progress?

Who to?

Just curious.