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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You have nothing to lose by requesting an eval.  If you push for testing they have to do it.  If the results come back that there is no learning disability, then you can approach it from a "work harder" standpoint vs. an accommodations standpoint.[/quote]

Schools are not required to test. By law, schools are required to evaluate whether additional data is needed to determine whether a student qualifies for special education services. Evaluation includes data collection (teacher reports, parent reports, grades, results of grade level evaluations like MAP-R, PARCC, et.), observations, and discussion during the screening meeting. Based on this evaluation, if the school suspects that a student may be a student with a disability for which they would require special education services, they must conduct formal assessments. This topic is often confused b/c people do not realize that assessment and evaluation are very different things. The school is required to evaluate, but they are NOT required to assess. The decision to test is a team decision that occurs at the screening meeting (which is part of the evaluation).[/quote]

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