Read this article if your child has been denied an IEP/504 Plan based on passing grades

[Anonymous]

As a parent I heard for years from MCPS that my child did not qualify for a 504 Plan or an IEP because despite his disabilities, he had passing grades. He has passing grades because teachers exempted work that he did not do or gave him full credit when work was late. The net result was grade inflation so that the overall report card grades were fine but it did not reflect the struggles and deficits my child had that impeded his task completion.

Great article today in the Washington Post today titled Is it becoming too hard to fail? Schools are shifting toward no-zero grading policies

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/is-it-becoming-too-hard-to-fail-schools-are-shifting-toward-no-zero-grading-policies/2016/07/05/3c464f5e-3cb0-11e6-80bc-d06711fd2125_story.html?postshare=2761467812566612&tid=ss_mail

Explains the pitfalls of grading systems and why it may cover up serious learning problems.