After much procrastination by DD2 school, they have finally relented and agreed to have DD assessed in the coming academic year. She will be starting yr4 in September.
DD is contantly at the lower end of 'acceptable' levels of attainment. She seems to have issues with her focus and retaining information. These issues have been flagged up at nursery and all the way through school but because DD manages to stay within 'acceptable margins' she's been largely ignored.
Cue a huge row with her Head teacher on Tuesday (after taking three school days to get in touch with her). Head admitted that her school file is 'red flagged' and should have been monitored more closely during year3 (despite many 'chats' with her class teacher throughout the year this has not been done) and has not progressed sufficiently through the last academic year.
Head did alot to try and 'fob' me off, as she does each year. Finally she agreed to an educational assessment, which she will apply for as soon as term starts in September. I did, however, get the impression she was doing it more for our benefit ('to shut us up' is the impression DH was left with)
So, what form will the assessment take, and will a school appointed psychologist be truly impartial? i ask this because the school has, in the past, citing budget cuts for DD losing some of the one to one support she has previously had, and having absolutely no confidence in DDs end of year NC assessments (i.e. seen pieces of her assessed work where targets have been ticked where there is clearly no evidence of DD displaying work of that level, such as no connectives used and no punctuation beyond a full stop yet still being awarded a 2A). Very similar story with her maths too, has only just grasped her 2, 5 & 10 times tables yet awarded a confident 3C.
Funnily enough, a remedy the Head offered us was to have her work re-assessed by another teacher which we said we werent happy with because there would be no impartiality. Maybe being paranoid but we feel it suits the school to inflate her levels.
My Mum has suggested that we also get our own private assessment, but would like to trust the schools appointed E.P (and not have to pay out hundreds of pounds to get possibly the same result)
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Can anyone tell me what an assesment by an educational psychologist will entail?
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drivinmecrazy · 26/07/2013 10:24
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