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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.

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The locals didn't already know. The teachers may already have known. But there were no data available to the public -- including the local public.

I also find it hard to believe that 4 or 5 or 10 hours of testing that students find difficult will undo a whole year of appropriate teaching, but ok.[/quote]

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