‘Minimal’ Progress
Charlie takes the Alternate Proficiency Assessment instead of other standardized tests. He took the Assessment back in April and we got the results yesterday:
- Reading: “Considerable Progress.”
- Mathematics: “Minimal.”
Charlie needs, it was noted, to keep making more “progress” in both areas.
Once upon an autism diagnosis these reports would have sent me into tremendous worry: “What if he never learns to X, Y, and Z?”
Progress is all in how you count it.
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4 opinions for ‘Minimal’ Progress
Lisa/Jedi
Oct 12, 2006 at 11:20 am
This reminded me of something that happened at B’s Committee on Special Education meeting yesterday (that I’d forgotten until I read your post). In explaining to us why B was not eligible for a Integrated Special Classroom the CSE chair indicated that B was “too bright” for such a classroom… which led to a discussion of his emotional/behavioural difficulties & how they lead to his needing a lot of consultant teacher time daily. We successfully advocated for B’s needs yesterday, but if this is how the State of New York is using the assessment data, then I think it’s a pretty biased & oppressive system. How can any child be “too bright” to need what he needs? I shudder to think how these designations are being used on/against all special needs kids…
bethduckie
Oct 12, 2006 at 11:47 am
its worrying isnt it… Boy attends an MLD/ autism school but his headteacher is pushing for him to go into mainstream because he’s too bright…
Well done to Charlie! Yeahy!
melanie
Oct 12, 2006 at 11:57 am
They always seem to surprise you, in great ways. That’s the neat thing about parenting an autistic child, they are full of surprises and our highs are so high, don’t even get me started on the lows, but the point is they all make gains, sometime tiny, sometimes, tremendous!
Kristina Chew, PhD
Oct 12, 2006 at 5:30 pm
I agree about the surprises—-”what I don’t expect” happens all the time. As for now, Charlie is on the up and up and maybe I’ll learn to not worry. Not so much, perhaps.
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