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[quote=Anonymous]I wouldn’t assume that what they report reflects how much they’re putting into the programs. It’s easier to measure progress and demonstrate success with an ELL program. You take a bunch of kids who don’t speak English, teach them English, measure their proficiency by standardized testing, and then graduate them as a success when they can pass. SpEd doesn’t function the same way. No “graduates” from dyslexia. Even if you show progress on reading scores, what are you measuring it against? What they did the year before, or their potential (which isn’t something you can really test)? And what about for those kids whose disabilities are more profound and who realistically are never going to get into “typical” territory, even with all the services in the world? Did the school “fail” if the student never passes a standardized test meant for their typical peers, even if the school did great work with them in a life skills sense?[/quote]
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