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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't expect anything in the way of reading testing from the school. If your kid has made it this far and this is public school- [b]they won't test.[/b] It could be dyslexia or it could be the terrible reading curriculum the schools had when your kid was in elementary. There are several studies now showing that a generation of kids struggles with reading because of the Lucy Calkins/whole reading approach that is a total failure. As reading gets more complex, issues come out.[/quote] The school system has a child find obligation which legally obligates them to test your kid in all areas of reading if you write a letter expressing that you suspect your kid 1) has a disability like ADHD or dyslexia and 2) it is adversely impacting his education making completing the required reading in APUSH very difficult and he is having difficulty with comprehension and 3) needs special instruction to successfully access AP class, for which he is clearly intellectually qualified. Please also cite the "significant discrepancy" between MAP-M and MAP-R scores as evidence of a potential reading, language or attention disability. School has 30 days to schedule an initial "screening meeting" at which they decide if it is possible he has an educational disability (fyi, good grades do not screen the student out of an IEP) School should assess him in "all areas of suspected disability" which means - IQ test, attention assessment via Vanderbuilt or Connors or other similar checklists and full achievement testing on a standardized normed instruments in all areas of language processing, rapid naming and reading comprehension, rate, fluency and decoding accuracy. Accept nothing less. If the school declines you, make sure that you get everything you turned down on the "prior written notice" section and tell them you disagree with the determination and will "consider your due process options". [/quote] This is incorrect information. The district has a Child Find obligation to review existing data in all areas of concern and determine if assessments are needed to determine if the child has a disability. Existing data may indicate otherwise. In this case, no assessments will be conducted. [/quote]
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