Find Your
Child's Expected Achievement Level
- We believe that instruction must be both
individualized and self paced because their is extreme variability among
children's learning. Below is an achievement chart based on a
nationally standardized, norm referenced test.
- *GE - Grade Equivalent
| AGE |
READING |
SPELLING | MATH | |||
| GE to GE | DIFFERENCE | GE to GE | DIFFERENCE | GE to GE | DIFFERENCE | |
| 7-0 7-2 | .2 ----- 3.8 | 3.6 | .5 ------ 3.7 | 3.2 | .5 ---- 3.1 | 2.6 |
| 7-3 7-5 | .4 ----- 4.5 | 4.1 | .6 ------ 4.2 | 3.6 | .8 ---- 3.4 | 2.6 |
| 7-6 7-8 | .9 - --- 5.3 | 4.2 | .7 ------ 4.7 | 4.0 | .9 ---- 3.7 | 2.8 |
| 7-9 7-11 | 1.2 --- 6.2 | 5.0 | .8 ------ 5.3 | 4.5 | 1.0 -- 4.2 | 3.2 |
| 8-0 8-5 | 1.4 --- 7.2 | 5.8 | 1.1 ---- 5.9 | 4.9 | 1.5 -- 4.5 | 3.0 |
| 8-6 8-11 | 1.6 --- 8.0 | 6.4 | 1.3 ---- 6.3 | 5.0 | 1.9 -- 5.5 | 3.6 |
| 9-0 9-6 | 1.9 --- 9.0 | 7.1 | 1.5 ---- 7.0 | 5.5 | 2.3 -- 6.2 | 3.9 |
| 9-6 9-11 | 2.2 --- 9.8 | 7.6 | 1.7 ----7.7 | 6.0 | 2.6 -- 6.9 | 4.3 |
| 10 10-5 | 2.5 - -10.7 | 8.2 | 1.8 ---- 8.5 | 6.7 | 2.8 -- 7.6 | 4.8 |
| 10-6 11 | 2.7 - 11.5 | 8.8 | 1.9 ---- 9.3 | 7.4 | 3.2 -- 8.6 | 5.4 |
| 11 11-5 | 2.9 - 12.7 | 9.8 | 2.2 ----10.4 | 8.2 | 3.4 -- 9.8 | 6.4 |
| 11-6 12 | 3.0 - 12.8+ | 9.8+ | 2.4 ---- 10.8 |
8.4 |
3.6 -10.5 |
6.9 |
This chart shows the grade level achievement for the middle 95% of students at various age groups. You may want to find your student's age and note the variability among students within that group. For example, students 10.5 to 11 years old, who typically would be found in fifth grade, are not all reading at the fifth grade level. The poorer readers would be reading near the 2nd grade 7th month level while the better readers would be reading at the 11th grade 5th month level. This is a reading difference of 8 years 8 months in a fifth grade classroom. The expected spelling range for students in this age group is 7.4 years, with a low of 1.9 grade level to a high of 9.3 grade level. The expected math range is 5.4 years, with a low of 3.2 grade level to a high of 8.6 grade level.
With this range of individual differences no one could be expected to "teach" effectively or to find the "appropriate curriculum" for a population so diverse. Learning must be geared to the individual, hence individualized.
Given the diversity shown in the achievement chart, you would expect students to learn at different rates. In most schools the pace or rate at which the curriculum is presented is determined by the publisher of the curriculum or the teacher. The result is a pace too slow for many students and too fast for others. We, at My Learning Partners, believe it is necessary to set each student's pace based on each student's progress. This view is best summed up by our motto "Follow the student NOT the curriculum".