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She’s echoing the concerns of dozens of other special-education teachers I’ve spoken with, most of whom have already gotten the message from their supervisors or superiors th[b]at they must adhere to the standards and give all their students the designated grade-level assignments.[/b]

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And now [b]that this general curriculum is being shaped by dozens of grade-specific Common Core standards[/b], and that teachers (including special-ed teachers) are increasingly expected to align each day’s lesson with one or more of these standards, t[b]here’s even less room for remediation or acceleration.
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The solution is not to change the standards, which are the end goals for each grade level and should not be made flexible.

The solution is to tell those supervisors that students with IEPs need remediation to get to the standard, and that best practices dictate meeting students at their level of instructional need.

The students' IEPs should specify that students should be taught using reading passages at or slightly above their reading level, not at grade level.

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