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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]While all this seems lovely and fluffy on the outside, with goals that attempt to 'close the gap' and 'create fairness', there is no way teachers, in a class of 27+ students, will be able to meet everyone's needs, especially in schools with very little or no parent involvement. Add to that, the current horrendous rollout of the implementation of these standards, and what I see so far is another poorly conceived program based on lofty ideals and no substance.  
 
 
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There is nothing about having standards in place, that guarantees all children will be able to meet them by the end of each school year.

Having common standards, and common assessments, means that you will no longer be able to hide the fact that some kids are meeting the standards, and other kids aren't.

Remember, for years states have had the requirement that all their students meet certain state level standards, but they were allowed to set their own standards, and set their own pass rates.   The result was that most all kids passed their state tests -- yet many kids didn't actually learn to read or do basic math.   THey were allowed to pass the tests because the tests were very easy, or because they got the "read aloud" or "use calculator" accommodation.

If your child truly can not read, and never will be able to read, and you expect that your child will not ever learn to read, and will always have to use the text to speech features of any website or computer program, then you should be happy your child gets the "read aloud" accommodation.  Because once your child has that accommodation in place, there is NO INCENTIVE for a school to focus time and money on the long process of teaching your child to read.

If you hope that your child may one day learn to read independently, then fight very hard for your child to NOT have the "read aloud" accommodation on any state mandated testing.  You are correct -- IEPs aren't always followed.   But schools want kids to pass these tests.   If your child has to read the test himself, and pass it -- the school will be more motivated to provide more resources to teach your child to actually read.

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