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OP - Do you work with a Vision Therapist through your public schools to be sure your daughter is getting the right supports as mentioned in the classroom and expecially for testing?  If Fairfax county is saying they do not have such services, then have you also contacted the Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Virginia to see if they could send a consultant to evaluate your daughter and what interventions, especially in testing, might work best for her.

It sounds as if she is in the general education setting, but do you know how she is doing in terms of  the work she is covering with her classmates.  In other words, does she know the material or does she have a teacher(s) just sort of moving her along.  If you feel she does not know it, then I would go for retention to give her another year to master not only material, but also testing with perhaps the new accommodations.  I think she would need to use them all the time to become comfortable with them at SOL time.

[b]The other thing you might get some information on is alternate testing for students with disabilities in Virginia.[/b]  I believe I have read there may be other ways to demonstrate one's knowledge of material, but just not sure.  Again the DBVI ought to be dealing with others with vision limitations and similar issues so they are probably at the state level your best resource  to even know what is out there.

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Nope, not available.
There used to be an alternative portfolio assessment called the VGLA that special education students could take to show mastery of the standards, but when many students started passing with that assessment, it was pulled. Now it's only available to the lowest level ESOL students in reading and to special education students in science and social studies.  :roll:

Then there was a modified multiple-choice SOL called the VMAST that was great for many special education students. It covered the same standards, but had fewer questions, more visual supports and things like fewer answer choices. It was pulled last year because...kids were showing success.  :roll:

The only other assessment is the VAAP, which is a portfolio assessment for students with significant cognitive issues. If you have an IQ below 70, you can take it. But if you're above that, you have to take the regular SOL.  :roll:

So to recap, special education students are screwed. The state has set up an assessment system designed to make them fail.  :evil: 
Yes, OP, your husband should be very angry. But not at the school and not at FCPS. He should be mad and so should you at the idiots in Richmond who think it's appropriate and moral to do this. [/quote]

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