School Report Cards

[Wuptdo]

Here is the website for the NC Report Card (Statewide) for 2003-2004 school year:

http://www.ncreportcard.com/src/

How does your school stack up?

Special note: In reviewing one of our kids schools, we found that the data entered was incorrect, but the "state" people indicated it may take up to 3 months to correct the entires.

Wuptdo B-)

[hollyL]

Do you know what is the definition of "Students with Disabilities"?

And is there an example of this 10th grade test? Someone told me the only way you couldn't pass it is if you can't read...I have no idea if that is true or not.

[Laurie]

Do you know what is the definition of "Students with Disabilities"?

This is from the state board of education, dept of public instruction, exceptional children division "Handbook on Parents' Rights" March 2000 edition:

Article 9, special education, of the NC general statutes, section 115C-106 to 115C-150 (1977). It models the federal Individual with Disabilities Act, IDEA. Children with disabilities include children who are autistic, deaf-blind, behaviorally-emotionally disabled, hearing impaired, mentally disabled, multihandicapped, other health impairment, orthopedically impaired, pregnant, preschool delayed/atypical, specific learning disabled, speech-language impaired, traumatic brain injured, and visually impaired.

These laws require that all eligible children with disabilities, age 3-20, be provided a free appropriate public education.

Special education is specially designed instruction, at no cost to the parent, to meet the unique needs of the exceptional child and may include instruction provided in the classroom, in the home, in the hospital, and in residential facilities and other settings.

If a student has been determined to meet the disability requirement, then "the disability must adversely affect the student's educational performance" to receive the special education. This is a subjective decision. The parent's view and the school personnel's view might not agree.

[Karen]

If a student has been determined to meet the disability requirement, then "the disability must adversely affect the student's educational performance" to receive the special education. This is a subjective decision. The parent's view and the school personnel's view might not agree.

This is an interesting paragraph Laurie. "Technically" my son has been determined to meet the disability requirement, he is hearing impaired, BUT to date it has not "adversely affected his educational performance". The school system's audiologist worked with us briefly when he was in kindergarten, when he recieved his hearing aide, but not since then. So far we have not needed further assistance from the school audiologist on the joint "subjective" decision from my son, us, and his teachers. Each year though, we do get a call from the WCPSS audiologist offering assistance if needed, and I greatly appreciate that.

Karen

[Brent]

Karen, this sounds like a case of the system working, and that's good.

I wonder what would happen if the parent's and school personnel's opinions did not agree on this "subjective decision"?

Who do you suppose can best gauge what the child needs, and who do you suppose "wins" when there is disagreement? I honestly don't know. I have a suspicion, but I would be interested in the answer.