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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Looks as if, for third grade, she can sit with an aide and do the circling (especially if they'll make her do it if she's absent). Drat.
I think my daughter, like the previous poster, will either just guess at anything to make progress down the page (she frequently skips lines and words anyway--ADD, anyone?) or will give up. She/we will endure third grade. 
But I will ask her third-grade teacher and her special-ed teacher if there's anyway to have her formally excused from the testing. SHe's evaluated; she gets report cards, etc. This standardized testing is just too much for her, and we don't see the results, so we can't tell what she missed or where she screwed up or, miraculously, what she got right or guessed correctly. 
I can't believe I'm worried about this already. School is so, so difficult for her, and that's with good friends and good teachers and wonderful aides, God bless them all. This standardized testing will be a real trial. Why, why, why do schools do it? I'm in Maryland, if that makes any difference. [/quote]

You have a right to see the results under FERPA.  You have a right to see the scores, see her test and how she answered each item, if these are recorded in anyway with her name on it.  For example, if she has an accommodation that allows her to circle the answer in the test booklet with her name on it, that becomes an "educational record" which you have a right to see under FERPA.  FERPA also says that you have a right to enough information to understand the score presented to you.  If there was a bubble sheet with her name on it, that is an "educational record" you have a right to see, as well as test Qs and right/wrong answers.  You may have to sign a non-disclosure form, but it's your right to see it. 
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