Parent Teacher Conference

We had a great conference with Ben's teacher this afternoon. She said he is doing great and she had no concerns whatsoever. She said he is very quiet in class, but participates well, and that maybe his only fault is that he doesn't put as much effort into his class work as he is capable of (would rather get the basic amount done and then go back to reading his book). 

She showed us his standardized tests and said he is "off the charts" on the reading one and high-average on the math. She said his reading comprehension is at an 11th or 12th grade level and she wants to steer him towards some classics such as Lord of the Flies and The Old Man and the Sea, as well as some nonfiction histories. 

Interestingly (perhaps not surprising) his test scores had a huge jump especially in math between the end of last year (off meds) and the beginning of this year (on meds). He can sit through a standardized test now without losing focus :) In math I think his percentile jumped from the high 60s to the high 80s and reading went from 90 to 99.