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liberal_at_heart

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13. well get ready because this state standardized crap comes all the way from the top down.

Reply to VMA131Marine (Reply #12)

Wed Feb 5, 2014, 03:37 PM

Feb 2014

We sacrificed a lot to have our children in economically well to do neighborhoods thinking this would give them a good public education, and elementary school was great actually. But in middle school our child was on his own, and high school is no better. We moved to another school district in a less well to do neighborhood thinking a small town would be able to give our son more attention. Now he has no educational assistants in any of his general education classes. I'm glad you are having a good experience now, but be prepared. You are more than likely to run into schools who cannot afford to staff the help they need to help your child, and you will run into the state standardized testing because like I said it comes from the top down. Everybody has to deal with it now.

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Parent of dying boy has to prove her son can’t take standardized test [View all] jsr Feb 2014 OP

The poor child's doctor should write him a medical excuse LiberalEsto Feb 2014 #1

Dumb, insensitive and quite frankly, bizarre. But I am curious to their motives, what Jefferson23 Feb 2014 #2

Look at who is selling the tests to the states csziggy Feb 2014 #21

Crooks and liars...thanks for the posts. n/t Jefferson23 Feb 2014 #23

How? surrealAmerican Feb 2014 #3

I agree. Let them give it a go ... 1000words Feb 2014 #4

let them... amen... n/t ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2014 #20

Is he even registered for class at this point? How does this happen? kcr Feb 2014 #5

I'd send the test back blank with a nice little note that said "he's in a fucking coma dumbass" Drew Richards Feb 2014 #6

Arne Duncan is an asshole, and Obama is responsible for hiring him. liberal_at_heart Feb 2014 #7

The intent, across the board, seems to be to skew test results downward Orrex Feb 2014 #8

I have a son with MD. Sometimes he's in pain and can't get through a school day.. SomethingFishy Feb 2014 #9

There's no options for us anymore. We are getting screwed at both ends. liberal_at_heart Feb 2014 #10

Most Catholic schools won't take kids with special needs either VMA131Marine Feb 2014 #12

well get ready because this state standardized crap comes all the way from the top down. liberal_at_heart Feb 2014 #13

You know this I am sure, but your kids sound, AWESOME!!! Jefferson23 Feb 2014 #11

Well, when your state is run by a known criminal Rex Feb 2014 #14

kick. liberal_at_heart Feb 2014 #15

Good The Straight Story Feb 2014 #16

kick. liberal_at_heart Feb 2014 #17

Being in a coma isn't an automatic opt-out for taking a test? Dash87 Feb 2014 #18

Well according to the Department of Education every child can learn something and can be liberal_at_heart Feb 2014 #19

The lower the aggregate score, the sooner the school can be privatized. WinkyDink Feb 2014 #22

The people who insist on this are a greater tragedy because they WERE born with a brain. n/t DebJ Feb 2014 #24