So, I haven’t written on here in forever, I don’t even know if any will read this because it’s been so long. BUT….Yesterday, I received a very nice surprise in the mail from the school, I should say, I was surprised to get the letter and a little surprised at what it was but in some way I always knew what it would say.

So if you remember last spring I wrote about STAR testing that the kids do in school, and the things that the second graders gave up because of the STAR testing, or I should say what I didn’t get because of STAR testing and it being too taxing on the kids. I wanted a second grade performance, like all the grades do. We didn’t get it because of the testing. I wanted to see Perri sing out loud in her performance, I love stuff like that and it didn’t happen because LET’s ALL SAY IT TOGETHER…”Because of STAR testing!”

So yesterday in the mail come the results of the STAR test, this I never even thought of, RESULTS?! I didn’t think we would ever see them, or I should say it never crossed my mind if we see them or not. SO, apparently we get a print out of her results every year ( ya learn something new everyday).

My baby did good!! I was a little shocked, but I knew all along she was smart, so I have to brag. So this is how they break it down.

The test is on Math( place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication, fractions,division,algebra, geometry,statistics, data analysis and probability). they break down each area in the test and score them with a percentage, they do the same with the English Language Arts portion of the test which includes ( Word analysis, Vocabulary, reading comprehension,literary response, written conventions,writing strategies) All of this at a second grade level.

 So there were 130 questions on the entire test Perri only missed 7.Her math scores were thru the roof and her English language Arts scores were almost as high. Out of the ten areas she scored 100% in 5 of them and no less than 93% in all the others. Except on area she scored a 83% .WOOHOO! My baby did good!

So let me off set this by saying that she went to a birthday party on Saturday and there they played a game ( don’t know the name) but there were 5 items placed in paper bags, they passed around the bags and you had to guess what was in the bag and write it down. One of the items was a hair brush, perri wrote down that it was a pencil.

So the long and the short of it is. My baby gets 100% in a test that has algebra and geometry but she cant tell the difference between and hair brush and a pencil when it’s in a paper bag.

We are so pround of her! she loves school and we can’t be happier for her that she does so well and I know someday it will all pay off for her.

She has started school, loves her new teacher and has gotten up early both days to make sure she is ready to go.