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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Discrimination against kids with IEPs.  This better not stand muster if challenged.[/quote]

Are kids with IEPs not able to do well on SOLs?[/quote]

Sometimes no. It depends completely on why they have the IEP. My daughter has a learning disability that specifically impacts math. She has high reading scores and passes every other SOL with ease, but can’t crack 375 in a math SOL. It also disproportionately would affect EL kids because ALL of these tests are delivered in English. So any SOL becomes first and foremost for them a test of their English proficiency. I teach a lot of kids who know math and science content in their home language but fail to pass the SOL because the first barrier to any of that is taking a LONG standardized test written entirely in English, in which they may or may not be proficient. [/quote]

S/o quick question-Is that maybe part or big reason why ST math used because nothing in writing?[/quote]

Math teacher--yes, the idea was that there are zero language barriers to entry, it is only math content.[/quote]

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