Going today to help save another high school diploma for someone! I swear....the weeks that lead up to students taking the Florida FCAT exam our IEP "teams" get geared up and start getting my parents all excited about an IEP meeting....and the bottom line reason for these meetings is to ask the couple of questions to the "IEP TEAM" and to get that student off the regular diploma track!...so they don't have to give that student the FCAT! I say....they need to change their ATTITUDE towards certain individuals that have a certain disability and have HIGHER EXPECTATIONS and continue to teach them to the Sunshine State Standards and do a better job of teaching ALL students with disabilities!!
What is with our Public School system today that they are so quick to put students on the SPECIAL DIPLOMA TRACK and have them take the ALTERNATE ASSESSMENT? I don't get it....why would anyone want to attend school for so many years and in the end they don't even get a HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA!? Who ARE these people sitting around our IEP "team" tables making life long academic decisions on behalf of our Children!
If you ask me.....that SPECIAL DIPLOMA is NOT so.......SPECIAL IF IT'S NOT A DIPLOMA AT ALL!! What parent wants to send their Children to school everyday and in the end they are working towards a NON HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA? I don't know many that would say yes to that! Our Children need a HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA!! Teach them to be able to get one!
Anyway....wish me luck in advocating for this very smart little guy that has been doing a wonderful job academically. I am impressed with how well he has been doing in school. He has always shown us that he CAN DO IT!
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I see there is New wording on questions of the IEP for FCAT. Need to look up Sunshine State Standards Access Points. Here is link for technical paper about FCAT. http://info.fldoe.org/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-5831/dps-2010-92.pdf
I never heard of the Sunshine State Access Points.
http://info.fldoe.org/docushare/dsweb/GetRendition/Document-1857/html
This gives a great overview of the Florida Alternate Assessment and what questions the IEP "TEAM" asks before making a determination that a student should not take the regular FCAT exam.
Then there is the 1% Rule.....hmmmmm....
That link is for the old questions. The new questions don't seem to take into account "Does the student require extensive direct instruction in functional academics and vocational competencies as well as domestic, community living, and leisure activities?" = old question now the new question is "the student requires direct instruction in academics based on access points, in order to acquire, generalize, and transfer skills across settings" -- how to prove whether the child requires that or not?? not sure.
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