Progress & Special Education: What some people don’t understand

Progress and special education

A young girl with curly brown hair and a beaming smile looked up at me and handed me this letter: Der     mis fre       I      So        LiKe    TO.    WerK       Wef. You. And automatically my stress of the day was erased and I was reminded yet again how good it is to have my job. I was [...]

Please remove the stress from assessments, tests & evaluations

Assesments

I am not new to testing, both as a teacher and a parent. I was a certified middle school teacher and was familiar with the MEAP test. I have a ten year old who has experienced all kinds of neuro-psychological testing since he was two years old. We have assessed his IQ, academic achievement, speech, fine [...]