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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)I've worked with IEPs, meaningful assessment and the trajectory of the individual's education for many many years.
The needs of the child and the capabilities of the resources available will determine how educators will respond to the academic progress of a special needs student.
You demand I address the needs of some hypothetical special ed child, as if there is some way to do that. If you've ever been in the special ed classroom, you know that the amazing instructors there will juggle umpteen different teaching methods in order to accomodate the practice and curriculum. The problem is that your hypothesis is based on the mistaken assumption that the federal government is removing support for special needs students and holding them accountable to the same level of academic standards.
There is no evidence this is occurring, hence the misleading nature of the OP.