I am currently administering the CAT (CALIFORNIA ACHIEVEMENT TEST) test to my daughter. It is state regulation here in GA that the child has to be tested at the end of every third school year. It is officially the beginning of her fourth school year, but I gave her the summer to review and prepare. Our school year officially starts Sept 1 so I feel I am free and clear.
While administering the tests it becomes apparent to me that for the first time ever, a standardized test will mean so much more than numbers on a chart. Instead of it telling me how she compares to other kids, but by administering it myself, I can see where she is having weakness.
So far, I can see that actual pronunciation of the words is more of a problem than meaning and deciphering. Therefore I will put emphasis on phonetics and annunciation this year. Had I just been handed a test result, I would have thought that her grammar scores were average. In reality, her grammar skills are pretty good, but her pronunciation of some words are poor, therefore she had no idea what the word means... If I were to say it to her, however, she would know what it means.
Now I just have to be strong and not help her with the test!
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just wanted to add that her pronuciation problems most likely come from a speech impediment she has had since she started speaking. She was born with very full lips (African American Heritage)... She is speaking better, or so we thought as she grows into her beautiful lips, but today I realized her vowel sounds are abviously affected... (we thought her main problem was what we affectionately call the wa-was... which means she had trouble with alot of r's and substituted w's)
I may want to get some speach counseling.
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