{"id":13919,"date":"2016-01-07T17:01:40","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T21:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/new\/?p=13919"},"modified":"2016-01-08T17:11:58","modified_gmt":"2016-01-08T21:11:58","slug":"test-and-assessments-iq-tests-substitute-other-cognitive-assessments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/test-and-assessments-iq-tests-substitute-other-cognitive-assessments\/","title":{"rendered":"Tests and Assessments: IQ TESTS \u2013 SCHOOL SAYS NOT REQUIRED BY LAW"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Tests%20and%20Assessments%3A%20IQ%20TESTS%20%E2%80%93%20SCHOOL%20SAYS%20NOT%20REQUIRED%20BY%20LAW\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>Cathy:\u00a0 My daughter\u2019s new school says an IQ test is required by law and if they don\u2019t administer one they cannot modify her general ed curriculum anymore. My daughter is 12 and has Down syndrome. She reads almost at grade level and writes well. I am afraid the test will not reflect her abilities and they will base too many decisions on the results since they don\u2019t know her very well. I DO NOT want her IQ test on file so she will be labeled her entire life. What can I do?<\/p>\n<p>Would they be able to substitute other cognitive assessments for the IQ test,leaving that one out completely, and still be able to make a determination of Intellectual disability?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cathy:\u00a0 My daughter\u2019s new school says an IQ test is required by law and if they don\u2019t administer one they cannot modify her general ed curriculum anymore. My daughter is <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/test-and-assessments-iq-tests-substitute-other-cognitive-assessments\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1342],"tags":[1353],"class_list":["post-13919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-question","tag-t"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13919"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13945,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13919\/revisions\/13945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}