http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/288638/twins-at-different-reading-levels I have identical twin boys in seperate classes in a very small montessori school. One boy is testing below average on his DIBELS, the other one is reading most words already and learning his "blends"(th) and more. I think he is testing low because his teacher doesn't spend as much time on letters and sounds as the other twins teacher. I am worried this bad test score will follow my one twin and give him a bad "label" in the future and explained that identical twins should be closer than this on test scores, so something is surely different in the environment(ie. the teachers lessons...) if theres anyone that has had this situation let me know what became of it. I am considering moving the "lower testing" twin into the other twins class cause I think he has a much better teacher. GreatSchools en-us michellea I concur what others have said. My son goes to a school for kids withe language learning disabilities. In 4th grade, 3 of the 6 kids in his class were ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/288638/twins-at-different-reading-levels?cpage=1#comment_288919 5100.288919 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:01:15 -0800 SoCalGal I've gotta second Healthy on this one. I was totally surprised a few years ago when I heard a presentation on mental health research in which identical twins had differing ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/288638/twins-at-different-reading-levels?cpage=1#comment_288841 5100.288841 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:13:50 -0800 drjohnson Hi- I've got identical twin girls who both have learning disabilities. But having said that, they have some very real differences. This is probably the case with your boys as ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/288638/twins-at-different-reading-levels?cpage=1#comment_288808 5100.288808 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:10:14 -0800 healthy11 Hi. I know there's a poster here on Greatschools, drjohnson, who is the mom of twins at different ability levels. You might want to send her a private message, if ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/288638/twins-at-different-reading-levels?cpage=1#comment_288772 5100.288772 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:32:10 -0800