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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you think CMI "over diagnoses" to get additional funding and keep close to their stated mission?  My daughter chews her shirt when nervous-- is that age appropriate or pull-aside necessary?  Would DCPS and CMI react in the same way?  Money follows kids in both settings, and I would love to see a snapshot of that.[/quote]

CMI (and other schools) don't "diagnose" anything.  DCPS teachers refer kids to Early Stages (a DCPS "assessment center") for testing to determine whether they qualify for an IEP.  Charter schools do not use Early Stages; CMI refers kids to independent 3rd party contractors who conduct the testing.

Re your child's chewing, if it's not disruptive to her learning, she probably wouldn't qualify for an IEP.  However I would recommend buying her a chewy necklace or similar item so she doesn't destroy her clothes.  They sell them on Amazon.[/quote]

Given that DCPS early stages is the subject of a lawsuit (again?) that they're chronically under identifying kids with disabilities/in need of assistance, I'm not sure the fact that CMI or any other charter might identify more kids signifies much more than CMI and other charters are "over" identifying.  Early stages has a series of procedures that nearly guarantees it misses kids who need assistance (chief among them is how hard it is to get Early Stages to conduct a classroom observation - you know, the place where kids are actually having the difficulty rather than some 1:1 testing environment), and I've heard frequent frustrations from school staff - charter and non - about sending a kid who clearly needs assistance/qualifies to early stages and getting back a "he's totally fine" judgment that seems divorced from reality.  But I don't the get the implied opposition here to identifying kids who benefit from additional support?  [/quote]

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