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In reply to the discussion: 20-fold increase in standardized testing coming with Gates Foundation's "Common Core": [View all]boppers
(16,588 posts)First of all, I think it's an injustice to not give *EVERY* student an IEP.
Every, single, one. Regularly.
This is what *I* think is currently broken about our education system, we treat children like cars. On the 4th year, we try to replace the radiator, broken or not. We train teachers to replace said radiators. We give them guides to replace them, lesson plans, textbooks, all focusing on the damn radiator. The kid could have a fine radiator, and a bad battery, but we focus on the "statistically frequent" issue.
Secondly, if a student can cursor, mouse, blink, handsign, or communicate, they can be tested.
It's hella harder than the idiotic bubble tests, but so is the rest of the education for people with complex communication problems.
Thirdly, and this pops up in my thread history, I resent teachers who fear technology, because they can be judged because of it. Every excellent teacher I've met (and I have a lot in my friends and family) *wants* to know how to teach more, who to teach, what to teach, what needs to be in their class. The crappy ones don't like that somebody can actually finally quantify their abilities.