My son is going to flunk 1st grade

[winnieb]

I received an email from my son's teacher today. She told me that my son’s situation went before the review committee. He will be advanced to 2nd grade.

The teacher’s email said the committee felt that my son’s performance is all other areas warranted his being advanced. He will be “red flagged” for next year so he may receive extra help with his reading and spelling. She again confirmed that his social skills, math skills and everything else necessary to succeed are above par.

The teacher said his reading recovery teacher has noticed an improvement over the past month. I have also noticed an improvement as well. My son and I read together every night, and anything that he brings home I have him attempt to read to me and I read it aloud to him and he repeats the words as he points to them. We have worked a lot together.

Regarding testing for disabilities. I would never subject him to unneeded testing, such as those for ADHD, I know my child doesn’t have it and there is no purpose going thru it and listening to a suggestion that he be medicated. The testing we (the teacher and I) have discussed is to test him for dyslexia. According to the teacher it is a medical diagnosis and not a learning disability therefore, the district won’t test for it. Does anyone know how correct that is?

Thank you all for your support and suggestions—they are appreciated.
wendi