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[quote=Anonymous][quote] Do you think that it would make sense to say, "Well, you are in fourth grade, but you are only reading at the first-grade level, and so you will take the first-grade test."? (Especially since there isn't a first-grade test. The purpose of the tests is to determine whether the students in the school meet the standards. If you are in fourth grade, but reading at the first-grade level, then you don't meet the standards. [/quote]

Okay.  So you have a group of autistic 4th graders.  They are all reading at the first-grade level and all have to take the 4th grade CC standardized test (because it is mandated) even though you know it is way above them and that they will fail.  You put the test in front of them.  The kids all feel totally humiliated and demoralized.  Some cry.  The teacher feels the whole 4 or 5 or 10 hours of testing has been worse than a total waste of time.  It has undermined all the time she has spent trying to keep these kids emotionally well and teaching them at their level.

What has been gained here?  The feds now know that there are kids in that school who are below grade level.  So what?  The locals already knew and that's why they should be in charge.

[quote]Do you think that it would make sense to say, "Well, you are in fourth grade, but you are only reading at the first-grade level, and so you will take the first-grade test."? [/quote]

Well, is CC going to hold kids back from the next grade?  If they don't, maybe they should take the first grade test.  And if there isn't one, maybe they should not be taking the test at all.  [/quote]

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