Would you be concerned?

[catrachmattben]

I have a dd age 7.5 years P3 scotland. DD taught himself to read at 3.5 years always done well with reading ahead of peers with good understanding.Although doesn't enjoy writing.
He has come home today and said some children in his class have been assessed at level c in reading comprehension but he was only asked to complete level b. Does this mean he has a comprehension issue and if so why were we lead to believe he had a reading age of 9years last year, with no understanding issues. He reads widely and when asked about the content has good understanding. Would you go and ask the teacher what is happening?

It is quite common for children who progress steadily in reading to overtake or match the early starters. I wouldn't worry too much though - he's still doing pretty well.

It never does any harm to ask the teacher what can be improved in his reading. (It makes more sense if the parent asking the question actually wants to fix any issues, rather than is asking rhetorically.)

Isn't level c below level b

Some children are better at comprehension than reading and vica versa. I know I used to score very highly at comprehension, much higher than my peers who got better at the rest of literacy.

I don't think (having got 3 early readers) that early reading is any sign of anything but that, early reading. They will eventually get to their own position in the form which isn't necessarily at the top.

level b is higher than level c.... (and most children will spend most of their time in the level b "zone" which is wider than the level a or c zones....)