The Test My Kid Blog
Practical, growth-minded guidance on math, reading, grade-level expectations, and the test scores schools use, written for parents who want to know where their child really stands.
Reading the words smoothly is not the same as being ahead. Here is how to tell whether your child is genuinely working above grade level in reading, and what to do about it.
Grades and gut feelings are unreliable. Here are the concrete signs a child is behind in reading, what the word really means, and how to get an objective read this week.
A plain-English guide to what 'on track in math' means, the anchor skill for each grade, and how to check at home whether your child is keeping pace.
Math trouble rarely shows up as a bad grade first. Here are the signs parents miss, what they mean, and how to tell a fact-fluency gap from a conceptual one before you pick a fix.
Finishing the worksheet fast is not the same as being ahead. Here is how to tell whether your child is genuinely working above grade level in math, and what to do about it.
Reading trouble rarely announces itself. Here are the signs parents miss, what they mean, and how to tell a decoding problem from a comprehension one before you pick a fix.
A plain-English guide to what 'reading at grade level' means, how schools measure it with Lexile and MAP, and how to check at home whether your child is on track.
Grades and gut feelings are unreliable. Here are the concrete signs a child is behind in math, what the word really means, and how to get an objective read this week.