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[quote=Anonymous]MCPS Special ed teacher chiming in. It's not just students with SLD disabilities that this will affect. The way it was presented by the leadership at my school was that any student who has an IEP with 'read to' accommodations would be affected, unless they are reading more than 2 grade levels below, and have data from either the WJ, or another test, to support that identification. We were also given cut scores for each test that would be considered valid. As I understanding it, this is coming from the MSDE, not MCPS, and should be consistent across the state. As far as the paper you're being asked to sign, its an IEP amendment. Of course you can ask to meet with you schools IEP team, but a change to an IEP can be made via paperwork, " In making changes to a child's IEP after the annual IEP meeting for a school year, the parent of a child with a disability and the LEA may agree not to convene an IEP meeting for the purposes of making such changes, and instead may develop a written document to amend or modify the child's current IEP. [614(d)(3)(D)]" (from Wrights Law). As the parent, you should have been called and spoken to about the change, and then gotten the paperwork to sign. Again, the county gave specific directions to all SpEd teachers about how to do this.  For the record, I think taking away read to sucks, as do most people I've spoken to, but our hands are tied. It should still remain on your childs IEP as something that can be used in class, and on graded assessments, if that helps at all.[/quote]

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