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Re: MCT2 and a tornado
Posted by girl in gulfport on 8/01/08
To not follow a written accomodation on an IEP is ILLEGAL! They
were completely misguided in what they did. Perhaps an annonymous
call to someone at the state might be in order? Or are there any
parents who, knowing this, would raise a stink? They were wrong,
and they broke the law.
On 7/17/08, missy wrote:
> The kids I'm talking about DID HAVE reading accommodations, but
> that didn't matter to our test coordinators! We could not read
> even the instructions to our SPED kids on that test. We even
> took the sections (Reading and Lang.)on two different days!!!
> Our STC and DTC said that ruling was from MDE and conveyed to
> them at a testing training seminar. If only those folks (with
> all their advanced degrees and impressive job titles) who make
> these wonderful decisions had to spend a week or two observing
> the "real world" at our schools and in our classrooms (not the
> pre-arranged, staged, photo-opt visits), they might think twice
> before making such rulings!
>
> On 7/17/08, ?? wrote:
>> You can read the language (Engliths) part but not the
>> reading part.
>> It seems to me that if kids have accomadations in reading
>> such as having text read aloud to them, it is grossly unfair
>> to expect them to read the state test on their on. Yes,
>> yes, I know it is testing comprehension. Some really savvy
>> parents need to get on this issue.
>>
>>
Posts on this thread, including this one
- MCT2 and a tornado, 7/17/08, by missy.
- Re: MCT2 and a tornado, 7/17/08, by ??.
- Re: MCT2 and a tornado, 7/17/08, by missy.
- Re: MCT2 and a tornado, 7/18/08, by girl in gulfport.
- Re: MCT2 and a tornado, 7/18/08, by girl in gulfport.
- Re: MCT2 and a tornado, 8/01/08, by girl in gulfport.
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