TsukiMoon has his second day of testing today. Today and yesterday he wanted to wake up at 5am so that he can arrive school at 6am. We managed to talk him into waiting until 7am before headed to class. (School bell rings at 8:05) He didn't want to be late. He also dressed himself in a button down shirt both days. He told me he wants "to look good for the test."
These are the parts of autism that are fun. Super rule oriented, with strong opinions on what is right, TsukiMoon wants to present his best when he think it is called for.
I have know idea how well he will do. I was concerned that he said he finished Thursday's test before first recess. "That's not good," I thought. It suggested he was so concerned about completing that he wasn't taking the time to answer the questions fully. It was confirmed when his teacher, before class (it turned out to be good to get there so early), reviewed with him the parts of paragraph that the test is looking for.
The bummer of this test is that we don't get the results until summer. Can we really have a discussion about how to approach answers at that point-- so long after. No. We have to let it go. Except for the experience of it, there is no way to help TsukiMoon learn to modify his behavior to have a better approach to test taking. I can understand why these high-stakes test irk some parents.
But he was a dapper young man!
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