When I took my younger daughter to her Kindergarten registration I knew they would be testing her for placement. It was overly stressful for me as a mother to see my precious little girl being drilled on her letters and sounds. PROUD was I when she placed at the top of her class. A year went by and it was time to do placement testing again for first grade. I sat patiently a few feet away as the teacher held a stop watch and pointed to words for my daughter to read. An obnoxious beep stops after 60 seconds, and the teacher moves to the next drill. Note: Not This Poster's Child's Results This went on for 10 minutes, drill after drill AFTER DRILL! My heart was pounding out of my chest as I watched the frustration fall upon Samantha's face. Finally, it was time to discuss her placement. To my complete surprise she was below average on her reading drills. I was then shown the "newest and greatest" measuring system the now use to rank ...