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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only other alternative is for the spcial educator to get a sub for some part of the testing time.  It puts the IEP in compliance but your child will not be better off for it.  When there is a special ed sub, they are being pulled out of their classroom for little benefit.  Subs are limited in education and training and I promise you they are better off with it.  [/quote]

No, the alternative is to write the IEP correctly in a way that doesn't fake hours by claiming OP's child is getting service hours just by sitting in PARCC.[/quote]

Would you actually be fine with that, though?  If I came to an IEP meeting with an IEP that said your kid would get 9 months of services instead of 10, that would alleviate all your concerns?

As a special ed teacher, I spent a great deal of my time and energy on advocating for my kids.  Recently, I've gone up the chain to advocate for changes in how a field trip was set up, and changes in how some after school sports were operating, or for changes in the curriculum that were in my student's best interest.  But I can only choose so many issues.  The fact that IEPs aren't written with a separate section to describe how kids will be supported during PARCC (beyond the extensive accommodation section we're already creating) is no where near the top of that list.

I'm also laughing at the idea that this issue, of teacher time being eaten up by testing instead of instruction is something hidden or under the table.  Teachers and teachers' unions have been incredibly vocal on this issue.  Their complaints are all over the media.  If you didn't know that instruction basically stops, for all kids, during PARCC, you haven't been paying attention.  [/quote]

Absolutely that's what I want - the service hours to be written clearly. It's not rocket science. If you know in advance that several weeks are going to be taken up with testing then you just subtract that from the total number of hours for the year. Similarly if a service was scheduled for Fridays then they should write the actual number of hours since so many Fridays are off.

And don't fake services either. It's one thing to say "No services for 2 weeks during PARCC" and another to claim that sitting taking the PARCC counts for service hours when there's nothing being provided other than seating. [/quote]

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