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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Your teacher "should" advocate for your child and I would hope that in most cases, the teachers are advocating based on the needs of the children in their class. I think the combination of teacher and test is a good one and that blurry lines are acceptable because we are assessing children with varying and sometimes complex needs.

However, [b]there will always be some families that won't want to "accept" the outcome for their child, despite the fact that they shouldn't have made the cut and those families may think it was all favoritism or having an axe to grind.[/b]

Alternatively, just like the rest of the world, not all teachers are above behaving unprofessionally and having their input driven by factors that shouldn't matter - whether that be because they don't like a child or their parents or are persuaded by influence of others. They are also not all going to be highly effective and you may have bad luck in getting one that doesn't have the right skills to make this sort of decision.

I'd like to believe that these sorts of teachers are in the minority and that most recommendations come from their true assessment of the students.[/quote]

This is very true.  As a lucky parent with a child in a center  I have no conflict of interest.  But, I can attest, selection bias is not a rare occurrence.  I have seen it first hand.  I'm glad my own child was not involved.  
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