RamonaQ Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 (Kind of a brag, but I know you all will understand my delight and assurance that all this hard work we do can pay off) As some of you may remember, last year, for the first year I decided to have my then 12 yo (7h grade) really dyslexic/ dysgraphic ds participate in our state's testing. Frankly, it is not a great test-- I believe, only around 55% of the students in our state actually pass it (:tongue_smilie:). Regardless, I decided to have ds take it for the experience of standardized testing, which, at his age, are on the fast approaching horizon, and to give him the experience of testing with accommodations. He was accomodated with a reader/ scribe for the math portions because in the great wisdom of these tests, students must write, not only their numerical answers, but in words and pictures their answers and reasoning (exemplar tests show actual paragraph responses!) For the reading portion, he was accomodated with a scribe-- but did all his own reading. Again, after reading each selection, students are asked to compose a multi-sentence/ paragraph response. And finally for the writing section he was accomodated with a word processor and a reader to read the prompt/ instructions. The writing component consisted of two 5-paragraph essays written to a prompt. And.............. He passed all three!!!!! :lol::lol::lol: I know the test is not an end-all-be-all, but gosh! What a way to feel validated after all these years of incredibly, incredibly hard work--- the past three especially! It feels good to know that he is preforming at the state's view of standard. And, for the back story....Even when ds was 10 yo he would write, at a maximum, 3 sentences and usually with tears. I scribed the majority of his math until about mid-4th grade. I would say we finally really started down the track of remediation in 5th grade-- which has been a really intensive amount of work. I hope this story gives those that are doing the hard work of teaching some hope. I know I clung to stories like these, especially when my ds was younger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lecka Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 That is great news! Thank you for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairProspects Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Awesome! Congratulations to you both and thanks for sharing!!:hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merry gardens Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Thanks for sharing so we can rejoice with you and your son! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Congratulations to both you and your son :)! :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mukmuk Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Well done! Congratulations! :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplyme99 Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Whoo-hoo!! You both should be proud! It is a huge accomplishment!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamonaQ Posted September 13, 2012 Author Share Posted September 13, 2012 Thank you all for being happy for us! It is nice to be able to celebrate this hard work. I really appreciate it and this board very much. During these past 3 years, knowing that others "understood" and were also working extra-hard, has been really supportive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeindeed Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 :D Yay!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonor Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Congratulations!:hurray: Rejoicing with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamonaQ Posted September 18, 2012 Author Share Posted September 18, 2012 Congratulations!:hurray: Rejoicing with you. Hey! Thank you! Nice to see you, Leonor! Hope your school year is going well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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