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In reply to the discussion: Obama needs to call Arne Duncan out for his new tactics for special education students. [View all]Android3.14
(5,402 posts)The way you promote misinformation is troubling. If you taught, I certainly hope you didn't pull these sorts of shenanigans with your students.
The first link has nothing to do with holding a disable student to the same standard, but it does have to do with the state requiring proof as to why it should have a different standard for a particular student.
The second link takes us to an article describing how the government is misusing tests to evaluate teachers. The article presents zero evidence that the state is holding the handicapped student to the same standards as a non-handicapped student.
Using a test meant to evaluate a student's academic capabilities as a tool to evaluate a teacher's teaching capabilities is unscientific and unhelpful. But your OP conflates the good practice of using high expectations and a good curriculum with the bad practice of using a student evaluation to grade a teacher.