Getting ready for his annual ARD. Makes me cry every time. I love his progress, but knowing how much he struggles is hard for my mom and teacher heart. I have to learn that God has a plan and His ways are perfect. I also have to let go of what it means to be on grade level or normal or average or behind and just accept that this is his level. Being a SPED parent is hard and we often forget the real human emotions in the midst of all the documentation and paperwork.
All over social media proud parents are sharing STAAR testing success stories. Well here is mine!
Number one-my son showed up. No opting out. No playing sick. No fear or dread. We took the test and did our best.
Number two- he had no chance of passing unless he guessed well and then that would have been a shocker but no indicator of his reading or math level.
Number three-this test does not even almost tell me what he is capable of doing independently and hardly accommodates to his disability of being a slow learner 2 grade levels below 3rd grade or his IEP. If you want to know what he can do then give him a first grade test.
Even growing next year just proves he guessed better than last year. All this test does is gives a number to a failing system and makes teachers test prep as a form of curriculum.
We can do better Texas.
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