[Ohiogift] Whole-grade testing question

[Art Snyder]

Colleagues,

How do your districts handle whole-grade testing when it comes to students who are not proficient in English, or who are special-needs students who simply cannot do the work?

We are contemplating a district policy that involves a statement such that these students have already had multiple assessment opportunities (since they had to have these for special needs designations) and can be exempted from the whole-grade nationally-standardized testing for giftedness.

Further testing these poor children seems so futile and a disservice to them, as they could better use those hours in their specific programming!

Your reactions, please!

Jean Kremer
Jean.Kremer at mcesc.org

Gifted/Talented Supervisor
Montgomery County Educational Service Center
200 South Keowee Street
Dayton, Ohio 45402
o937.225.4598 x 3003 c937-369-7510
Jean.Kremer at mcesc.org     
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FACEBOOK: Parents of Gifted Children West Central Ohio
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WCOAGC.org  West Central Ohio Association for Gifted Children
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