New standards set for learning disabled

Washington Times ^ | Thursday, December 4, 2003

[JohnHuang2]

Students with the most severe learning disabilities can be held to standards designed just for them rather than those used for classmates, which could ease pressure on schools struggling to make yearly progress, Education Department officials said yesterday.

A new department rule to be announced within days would affect only those students deemed to have "significant cognitive disabilities."

[JohnHuang2]

Thursday, December 4, 2003

Quote of the Day by Pukin Dog

[Choose Ye This Day]

Good thing. This was one of the dumbest things about "No Child Left Behind."

My 10-year old son is autistic and nonverbal. He is making slow and gradual progress in his school, but will never match the federal requirements of NCLB. As we discuss with his teacher, so long as he is making measurable progress toward HIS goals, and is doing better by the end of the year than at the beginning, he's doing well. No reason the school should be "punished" because he was born with a disability.