Help me give my students the ability to test for special education placement and determine what specially designed instruction is necessary to provide them with the most meaningful educational experience.
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My Students
I teach special education students in the high school environment. COVID severly impacted my students' learning and pushed many away from the joys of education. Being placed on distance learning greatly impacted their abilities to receive all of their necessary educational accommodations that help facilitate growth and inclusion in the general education setting. My students navigated an entire semester of high school without the supports and specialized instruction they need to succeed! These kids deserve more. They need more.
My Project
Special education students receive testing (math comprehension and fluency, reading comprehension and fluency, writing fluency and expression, spelling, and letter word recognition) every three years in order to determine qualification for special education services. Through this test, special education teachers are able to utilize the Content Standards to create an individualized road map for each student's academic career.
Standards include focuses in the following content areas: Math (A.CED.A - Create equations that describe numbers or relationships), Reading (6-12.R.1 - (Reading - English - Key Ideas and Details) – Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text), and Writing (6-12.W.4 - (Writing - English - Production and Distribution of Writing) - Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience).
These standards help generate individualized benchmarks which are designed to facilitate academic growth specific to each student so grade level expectations can be met.
COVID impacted my students' abilities to receive the specially designed instruction and standard based curriculum required and outlined in their IEP's. The KTEA-3 test will help determine if changes need to be made to their education plans because of this set back.
More than half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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