[flickr id=”5984317283″ thumbnail=”small” overlay=”true” size=”small” group=”” align=”left”]For the first six weeks of school they had her in Remedial Reading.  Said that her test scores were too low, she had to be in it.

State Law and a state-wide test and all that crap.

We protested. At every meeting we pointed out that she was reading ABOVE her level at home. That her being in Remedial Reading made absolutely no sense.

They kept saying that they test every few weeks when they’re in RR and if she didn’t really need it she’d test out.

Two weeks ago we got the letter. It said she’d tested out of RR and would no longer need to be in it. She would join her class and their daily reading lessons as always.

We both breathed out under our breath “Finally.” Left it at that.

Fast forward to yesterday. TWO WEEKS after testing out of RR…she comes home beaming and pulls out her homework notebook.

“Look, Mommy! I got a Chapter Book! It’s my new homework!”

There’s a note on her homework sheet from her teacher – “I have decided to move Riley up to the next level reading group.”

She went from reading books with constant repetitive words and sounds “Pat sat on a hat” to full on chapter books with words like “Reindeer”. Her reading assignments are chapters long instead of a few pages.

Riley is proud of herself. Riley is thrilled to have real books to read.

WE are proud of her.

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And we’re NOT thumbing our noses at the school saying “I told you so.”

Really. We aren’t.

Really.

Believe me?