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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS employee here--I don't blame parents for being super upset and angry.  Unfortunately, many districts around the country operate this way.  They don't give intensive intervention in grades k-2 and then eventually end up assessing for special education in grades 3-5 (if they even get to it then as there are so many vacant related service provider positions)--if it's purely a dyslexia issue. Behavior issues (plus learning) will get you evaluated earlier because you are disrupting everyone's learning and the teacher has more of an incentive to push the case forward.  There needs to be a national message that parents take charge of their child's reading if problems emerge in kindergarten. Or a dramatic change in funding to increase early literacy efforts.   [/quote]

I hear you and I don’t disagree. Most people with the financial resources will take care of the reading piece for their child. However, lots of people don’t have that financial/ time available part of that. I’m just not sure what we are doing as educational systems if we can’t get all kids to read. I truly can’t believe we are at a place that people think it’s reasonable that is happening.  I think the national message right now is federal law that states all kids ( including those with disabilities) are entitled to an education. The absolute base of that should be functional literacy especially after spending 13 years in an “ educational” system. I really don’t understand how we have gotten to this point as a society. [/quote]

Yes, unfortunately kids with limited financial resources will struggle the most.  I think currently 40% of kids are below benchmark for MCPS by second grade for literacy.  [/quote]

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