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[quote=Anonymous]The biggest challenge, however, is that when a child has a language processing issue & does poorly on a math test or on math components of standardized testing, the child may not be struggling with understanding math, but with expressive writing.  This approach does put up new barriers and accommodations are harder to compensate for this new barrier.  There isn't a good way to break things down right now to confirm "this child can multiply & do calculus, but give him/her a written word problem to read, & he/she will be completely unable to process that."  I'm not saying they should be exempt - but if they excel at 80-90% of math, but struggle with the 10% that controls the presentation, how do we make that accessible?  Do more kids need auditory versions of these tests?  Do scores/grades need to be presented/tested differently?  Do teachers need to better understand accommodations?  Do they truly understand when a kid is not understanding the concepts or having a language barrier?[/quote]

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