julia118

In recent years VA has gotten rid of the VMAST and those kids are having to take the SOL (with accommodations as needed) but it seems pointless to ask special ed students to pass a grade level math sol when their IEP has their goals set two grade levels lower. What will you / can you do to improve the special edu programs in your district as far as testing?

The main issue that I see with a desegregated student body is that a large portion of special education students have behavior problems that are very disruptive to the rest of the class and while it would be nice for every student who needs it to have a teacher to help them, it's just not possible. And you will always have students that you could teach 5+2=7 to every day and it will never click. It's heart breaking to have to still try and teach them the leaning standards about DNA or Government when they struggle with basics. To me it just doesn't seem like a fair situation for them. I know you can't fix these problems but I would like to see VA become a national leader in providing everyone with the education they deserve.