Comments on: Special Education Has Changed Over Time http://www.iemsa-mcny.org/special-education-has-changed-over-time Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:16:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Issac Maezs http://www.iemsa-mcny.org/special-education-has-changed-over-time/comment-page-1#comment-160 Issac Maezs Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:47:34 +0000 http://iemsa-mcny.org/special-education-has-changed-over-time#comment-160 WHY WHY WOULD YOU PAY SO MUCH TO LEARN? http://alturl.com/tgn7 <--- 8 BUCKS FOR SHIPPING and the software is free. WHY WHY WOULD YOU PAY SO MUCH TO LEARN? http://alturl.com/tgn7 <— 8 BUCKS FOR SHIPPING and the software is free.

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]]> By: 80sou812 http://www.iemsa-mcny.org/special-education-has-changed-over-time/comment-page-1#comment-12 80sou812 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:08:50 +0000 http://iemsa-mcny.org/special-education-has-changed-over-time#comment-12 I was just reading your comment , and I wanted to say Thank You for for your statement about not teaching kids (ASD) to read with caps only. I was a bit confused about how to use sight word cards - all caps or not. Thanks again, and thanks for your work with the kids :-) I was just reading your comment , and I wanted to say Thank You for for your statement about not teaching kids (ASD) to read with caps only. I was a bit confused about how to use sight word cards – all caps or not. Thanks again, and thanks for your work with the kids :-)

]]> By: Searcher's Curious Account http://www.iemsa-mcny.org/special-education-has-changed-over-time/comment-page-1#comment-13 Searcher's Curious Account Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:14:47 +0000 http://iemsa-mcny.org/special-education-has-changed-over-time#comment-13 Ok. I am a special educator and this was a huge topic at my school recently. If you look online at the department of ed, you will see that various schools across the country are classified "failing schools". The reason behind this is because IDEA and NCLB are contradictory. NCLB states that during standardized testing, schools are broken down into various categories, white male, white female, hispanic male, etc. One of the categories is special education (emotional impairment, cognitive impairment, etc). If any of the students recieve accomodations on state testing, their scores don't count toward that category. If a school gets less than a certain amount in that category (I think it is 90%. not sure) they are considered a "failing school". The problem with this is IDEA states that a student classified as special ed gets accomodations on state testing in order to succeed. So what rule are we supposed to follow? I am going with IDEA personally. So I feel that special education is being hurt by NCLB for the sole reason that these students are being discriminated against because of the fact that they are protected under IDEA. If we follow one law, we are in violation of the other. Ok. I am a special educator and this was a huge topic at my school recently. If you look online at the department of ed, you will see that various schools across the country are classified "failing schools". The reason behind this is because IDEA and NCLB are contradictory.

NCLB states that during standardized testing, schools are broken down into various categories, white male, white female, hispanic male, etc. One of the categories is special education (emotional impairment, cognitive impairment, etc). If any of the students recieve accomodations on state testing, their scores don't count toward that category. If a school gets less than a certain amount in that category (I think it is 90%. not sure) they are considered a "failing school".

The problem with this is IDEA states that a student classified as special ed gets accomodations on state testing in order to succeed.

So what rule are we supposed to follow? I am going with IDEA personally. So I feel that special education is being hurt by NCLB for the sole reason that these students are being discriminated against because of the fact that they are protected under IDEA. If we follow one law, we are in violation of the other.

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