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[quote=Anonymous]It depends why you want an IEP for your child.

If you want to show that your child is failing academically in one or more subjects, then yes.
However, be careful about creating goodwill and navigating the right channels in the right order: first make an appointment to talk to the classroom teacher. Explain your concerns, wait for the teacher suggestions. Then state that you want a meeting to request an IEP, and that you will need all the test scores in your child's file.
Then write to ask for an IEP meeting, and reiterate in your letter your request to see your child's tests.

It helps if you have outside "proof" of your child's special needs in the form of private evaluations. The school will take you more seriously and you will send the message that you are prepared to fight if need be.
For my son's ADD accommodations, I came armed with a thorough evaluation done by a dev. ped. specializing in ADHD.
The school was obliged to "verify" this by doing a completely superficial and inane in-house test (not done by a doctor), but the impetus came from the private result I brought to the table. Otherwise it is completely possible they might have brushed me off. As it was, DS was granted an IEP and the necessary services, with which we have been quite happy.

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