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needfulhands

i think of writing in my livejournal when i unexpectantly do not have to do anything during the day

Apr 28, 2009 19:16

today school was canceled, right in the middle of TAKS testing! it rained all night and this morning when the city woke up, all of the major highways were flooded. thank God i was sleeping in a little late and did not get up til 6, because otherwise i could have been stuck on a highway behind a bunch of cars that can't drive through an impromptu ( Read more... )

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brawi April 29 2009, 00:53:01 UTC

I didn't say it in the last entry, but congrats on the new job! That is great. I like your day care idea, too.

Does the state law exempt certain kids from TAKS? If so, do you know how it jibes with No Child Left Behind -- does it allow states to make certain exemptions and still show testing score improvements/decreases? I don't really know how it works but I am interested if you do!

Also that dance sounds way cool. Any hilarious celebs?

needfulhands May 25 2009, 20:49:12 UTC

Oops, the comments get emailed to my old email address, so I just saw this. I never check lj anymore ...

Anyway, yes, states can exempt certain kids. But in Texas at least no more than 8% of kids can be served under special education and therefore take different standardized tests. Every kid in Texas takes a test, but we have different versions ... TAKS-Accommodated, TAKS-Modified, and TAKS-Alternative. All subpopulations of kids are supposed to be making improvement for NCLB, including kids served by SpEd ... so that means that even if they are taking TAKS-A or TAKS-M, they still need to show improvement.