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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 388539" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Thanks for writing. </p><p></p><p>The SD didn't test her at all. They went by her achievement tests and their feeling that she wasn't using the services and was still doing well. The problem is, achievement test scores don't show disabilities and she WAS using the services. I'm really angry about that, but mostly at hub and I for going in there without an Advocate. That is the first (and last) time we will ever do that without one sitting next to us. Our Advocate would have caught what they were doing and would have taken us to mediation before she would have let us sign it. But...hindsight is wonderful...</p><p></p><p>My daughter was far worse when she was first tested. The school actually advised it because she was eight years old and in third grade and still couldn't even read at a first grade level AND this was even though she was in Title I. Through the years she has had really good help and has somewhat learned to compensate, but not enough to do the work without any interventions. Her processing of verbal and visual stuff is still "off" and her short term memory is terrible. As she told us, "I do my homework and take notes. I study hard. But I can study 24/7 and when I take the test I'm still not going to remember half the stuff I have to cram into my brain. I NEED my note." </p><p></p><p>This is born out by this example: Daughter turned in every single homework assignment for World History and got all A's and B's on them. Daughter was seen refining and studying her notes in her study halls. She was not misbehaving or slacking off. But she failed two huge World History tests. On one of those tests, she only got three answers right out of fifty questions, although NOBODY argues that she tried hard. I'd say something is wrong there. On top of that, this is a very hard teacher. He gave her an F for the semester (at that time...she has raised it to a D). Because of her previous F in World History, she had to sit out her team's lat volleyball game and everyone knew why. Fortunately, she has a strong support system of good friends and is well liked. Nobody teased her. But SHE feels bad about herself and she was very embarassed and saddened to sit out that volleyball game. They had won the conference and were going to have a party afterward and she couldn't go to that either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 388539, member: 1550"] Thanks for writing. The SD didn't test her at all. They went by her achievement tests and their feeling that she wasn't using the services and was still doing well. The problem is, achievement test scores don't show disabilities and she WAS using the services. I'm really angry about that, but mostly at hub and I for going in there without an Advocate. That is the first (and last) time we will ever do that without one sitting next to us. Our Advocate would have caught what they were doing and would have taken us to mediation before she would have let us sign it. But...hindsight is wonderful... My daughter was far worse when she was first tested. The school actually advised it because she was eight years old and in third grade and still couldn't even read at a first grade level AND this was even though she was in Title I. Through the years she has had really good help and has somewhat learned to compensate, but not enough to do the work without any interventions. Her processing of verbal and visual stuff is still "off" and her short term memory is terrible. As she told us, "I do my homework and take notes. I study hard. But I can study 24/7 and when I take the test I'm still not going to remember half the stuff I have to cram into my brain. I NEED my note." This is born out by this example: Daughter turned in every single homework assignment for World History and got all A's and B's on them. Daughter was seen refining and studying her notes in her study halls. She was not misbehaving or slacking off. But she failed two huge World History tests. On one of those tests, she only got three answers right out of fifty questions, although NOBODY argues that she tried hard. I'd say something is wrong there. On top of that, this is a very hard teacher. He gave her an F for the semester (at that time...she has raised it to a D). Because of her previous F in World History, she had to sit out her team's lat volleyball game and everyone knew why. Fortunately, she has a strong support system of good friends and is well liked. Nobody teased her. But SHE feels bad about herself and she was very embarassed and saddened to sit out that volleyball game. They had won the conference and were going to have a party afterward and she couldn't go to that either. [/QUOTE]
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