Teacher Summary Sheet for Present Ed Levels/Revaluation Report/IEP Student Name: Ethan Lopez-Torres Reporting Teacher: Walter Present Levels of Academic Achievement: Student Summary: Ethan is a 9th grade student diagnosed with Autism that attends Fairland, a center-based emotional support program operated by IU13.Ethan’s home district is School District of Lancaster. Ethan receives full time special education services with adapted and modified curriculum in reading, writing, math, science, social studies, and social skills. Ethan also receives services in speech and language 120 minutes a month during the school year. Standardized Tests: PASA: The Pennsylvania Alternate System of Assessment (PASA) is a statewide alternate assessment designed for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities. Specifically, it is intended for those who are unable to participate meaningfully in the PSSA even with accommodations. The test, administered to students in the equivalent of grades 3 through 8 and 11, consists of 25 test items aligned with reading standards; 25 test items aligned with math standards; and, for students in grades 4, 8, and 11, approximately 25 test items aligned with science standards. Each test item represents an authentic, relevant, and age-appropriate skill related to reading, mathematics, or science. There are three levels of difficulty within each grade for all three content areas. Level A contains the least complex reading-, math-, or
In this mock IEP meeting, we examine John Grohman from Kelsey Elementary School. John is a 2nd grade student who has Asperger’s Syndrome. He is a student who has extreme behavioral problems. John’s parents are extremely concerned about his behavior at home and at school. In this mock IEP, we look at John from his parents, special education teacher, administrator, general education teacher, and evaluator; to get a better picture of what is needed to help John be successful.
I've decided to do my project on my DRE-098 teacher whose name is Jayce Russell. Mr. Russell teaches at RCC and he does many other things that go with teaching like grading and going to meetings and helping students the best way he can. He said he decided to pursue this career because it let him get the degrees he wanted and he says it takes advantage of communication skills and a chance to help others and make a difference. He believes that by forming relationships in college is you get to meet new people who change the way you think about things and you have similar interest with them. His advice for students is to be open and take advantage of everything that’s offered to the students like the library, the ARC and office hours that teachers
Tommy R. is a 6-year-old boy and a kindergarten student in a K-8 combined elementary and junior high school in the San Jose greater metropolitan area. There has been a meeting requested by his educational team and parents to talk about his behavior in school and cognitive abilities in the classroom. School staff have been receiving complaints from Tommy’s teacher and classroom staff about not following direction and non-compliance. Tommy also struggles with completing some classroom tasks as well.
Hammitt Schools provide education services to youth from 43 different school districts. These students, who have been unsuccessful in public school because of severe behavioral and emotional issues, are provided highly individualized and intensive programming to meet their unique behavioral and learning needs. The Challenges program provides specialized services to children with Autism. Through our County Outreach Program, The Baby Fold’s staff works within school districts to work with teachers and families to help a child stay in school, preventing a referral to a specialty school. The Baby Fold’s newest program, Community Schools, connects families and students at Fairview Elementary in McLean County Unit #5 School District
The Jane Justin School of Autism provides the right life skills and knowledge that children need to live a meaningful and productive life. How the school makes this mission possible is by responding to the needs of the students and families while respecting and embracing the individuality of the child while maintaining educational excellence. The Jane Justin School also hopes that the students one day may be able to return to a traditional classroom and educational setting with the skills that would make this possible.
The Toms River High School East Child Stud Team (CST) would like to provide comments and concerns relating to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), No Child Left Behind, and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2004 requirement of assessments in public schools and that all students must participate, with the sole focus on the state of New Jerseys decision to use the PARCC. Specifically, considering the impact is has on students classified with learning disabilities. I would like to urge you to think about reevaluating the procedure of using the PARCC and other standardized tests that are geared to general education students to assess our students because it seems to be doing more harm than good. During the
Connor is a six year old, Year One student diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) when he was three. Connor attends a mainstream government primary
The test is administered in the spring and the results provide students, teachers, and parents with an objective view of the student’s strengths and weaknesses. The listening and speaking scores are combined to obtain an overall scale score, as are the reading and writing scores. The overall performance is determined by the scores in each combined area. A conversion chart is provided in each grade band, to convert the raw score to a scale score. Then depending on where the scale scores land will give you the placement level that the student is at. To move from one level to another both component scores must land in the upper level range. A student, who advances in only one
That’s a good thing. It is taken bye the 3rd graders through the 8th graders. There's a math, english, and science PSSA. The technique used in the poster is loaded words. The loaded words should pop out to students and make the PSSA test seem more fun.
High Stakes Testing has been overly integrated in the education systems. High-stakes testing are used to determine grade retention, school curriculum, and whether or not students will receive a high school diploma (Myers, 2015). Since the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001, high stakes testing has become the norm and mandating that students must pass a standardized test before moving up in grade. As a special education director, the focus is to ensure the student’s accommodations are being followed. Accommodations help increase students’ academic performance. “Both the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) of 2004 and No Child Left Behind (NCLB) call for students with disabilities to participate in the general education curriculum and in testing programs to the maximum extent possible for each student (Luke and Schwartz, 2010).” Throughout the years, high stakes testing is becoming more common than ever before. The reality is high stakes testing is one indicator in evaluating children with specific needs. This paper will discuss, the violation of the statutory language regarding assessment based on IDEA, the strategies and goals of a remediation, staff training, common Core and PARCC assessment, and funding for the remediation plan under IDEA.
Individuals should have an easy time completing this assessment. The format should prevent any inaccuracy in responses. The questions are written at a sixth-grade level. This could cause a problem for some individuals who can’t
Autism or Autism Spectrum Disorder is one of many developmental disabilities that affect students learning. In fact, in the United States, Autism is the fastest-growing severe developmental disorder (“What is Autism,” n.d.). Also, the prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder is 1 in 68 children and the prevalence in boys is 1 in 42 children (“What is Autism,” n.d.). Furthermore, Autism Spectrum Disorders also affects the way a child learns and over the years, several teaching strategies have been developed to help teachers to effectively educate students with Autism. Research has also been conducted to develop and test new teaching strategies for Autism and continues in playing an important role in the education of students with Autism.
What constitutes an appropriate assessment in the special education process? To begin, since assessments are essential to the development and success of both students and schools, it is important to be aware that cultural and language differences, family background and life styles, and socio-economic status may all have an effect on the results of assessments (Sacks, 2001). With the responsibility of acquiring valid and accurate data for interpretation, special educators understand how to take these variables into consideration and make any necessary adjustments, if needed, to scheduling or choosing the types of assessments (p.12).
“Look to your left and look to your right, one of you will not make it to sophomore year.” The hundreds of thousands of recent high school graduates who have enrolled in a university should be told this during their freshman orientation. These students will be surprised to find that their previous education did not prepare them to be successful in a university setting. The long and arduous process necessary to turn students into test taking machines seems to make them less capable of cognitive reasoning, thus not adequately training them to use critical thinking as is necessary in universities. You’d think the educators of our public school systems would be aware and inclined to resolve such a pressing issue, but the incentives and consequences placed on educational institutions based on standardized testing results grossly divert the educational focus and ultimately sends students off to universities unprepared.
1. The ALS Accreditation & Equivalency Test formerly known as the Non-formal Education A&E Test is a paper and pencil test. The test is designed to measure the competencies of those who have not finished either the formal elementary or secondary education. Passers of this test are given a certificate/diploma certifying their competencies as comparable to graduates of the formal school system. Hence, they are qualified to enroll in high school (for elementary level passers) and to enroll in college (for secondary level passers).