{"id":2927,"date":"2010-04-27T17:41:26","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T21:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=2927"},"modified":"2010-04-27T17:42:24","modified_gmt":"2010-04-27T21:42:24","slug":"high-expectations-raising-the-bar-for-children-with-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/high-expectations-raising-the-bar-for-children-with-disabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"High Expectations: Raising the Bar for Children with Disabilities?"},"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=\"High%20Expectations%3A%20Raising%20the%20Bar%20for%20Children%20with%20Disabilities%3F\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>At the annual convention of the Council for Exceptional Children last week, Education Secretary Arne Duncan called on special educators to take responsibility for the success of their students.<\/p>\n<p>Duncan said that all children should leave school ready for college and\/or career. \u201cHigh expectations must be the norm, not the exception.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Please take our poll.<\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-9\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_9\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/blog\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_9_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"7f51aaa7e1\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"9\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Special educators should have high expectations for children with disabilities.<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-9-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-32\" name=\"poll_9\" value=\"32\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-32\">Agree<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-33\" name=\"poll_9\" value=\"33\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-33\">Disagree<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-34\" name=\"poll_9\" value=\"34\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-34\">Don't Know<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><input type=\"button\" name=\"vote\" value=\"   submit   \" class=\"Buttons\" onclick=\"poll_vote(9);\" onkeypress=\"poll_result(9);\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#ViewPollResults\" onclick=\"poll_result(9); return false;\" onkeypress=\"poll_result(9); return false;\" title=\"View all results\">View Results<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-9-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The article about Secretary Duncan&#8217;s speech is available on Disability Scoop: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.disabilityscoop.com\/2010\/04\/22\/duncan-cec\/7772\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Education Secretary Looks To Teachers To Raise Bar For Students With Disabilities<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Several people commented on the article. All but one disagreed with Duncan&#8217;s statements about the need to prepare children with disabilities for further education and employment. I agree with him.<\/p>\n<p>Low expectations lead to poor outcomes\u00a0 in special education. Schools need to prepare children with disabilities for further education, employment, and independent living. (Purpose of IDEA at 20 U.S.C. 1400(d))<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Power of High Expectations <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Decades of research shows that children live up to their teachers&#8217; expectations. Low expectations lead to low academic achievement and poor behavior. When teachers have high expectations, student achievement and behavior soar.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent study, 86 percent of teachers agreed that setting high expectations for students has a major impact on student achievement. Yet only 36 percent of teachers agreed that all their students have the ability to succeed academically. (Source: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edweek.org\/ew\/articles\/2010\/03\/31\/27report-3.h29.html\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">MetLife Survey of the American Teacher<\/span>)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>IDEA Impeded by Low Expectations<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nIDEA is the federal law that governs special education for children with disabilities. In the Findings section of the law, Congress described obstacles to implementation of the law:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201cimplementation \u2026 has been <strong>impeded by low expectations<\/strong>, and an insufficient focus on applying replicable research on <strong>proven methods of teaching and learning<\/strong> for children with disabilities.\u201d 20 U.S.C. 1400(c)(4)<\/p>\n<p>Congress found that \u201cover 30 years of research and experience\u201d demonstrated that special education would be more effective by:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230; having<strong> high expectations<\/strong> for such children and ensuring their access to the general education curriculum in regular classrooms, to the maximum extent possible &#8230; to meet the challenging expectations that have been established for all children; and be prepared to lead productive and independent lives to the maximum extent possible.\u201d (20 U.S.C. 1400(c)(5); page 46, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/selaw2\/selaw2.htm\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Wrightslaw: Special Education Law<\/span><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Do you think special education be more effective if teachers had higher expectations for children with disabilities? Should schools prepare children to lead productive and independent lives to the maximum extent possible?<\/p>\n<p>How can we convey high expectations to our children when their teachers (and some parents) don&#8217;t believe that low expectations are a problem?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the annual convention of the Council for Exceptional Children last week, Education Secretary Arne Duncan called on special educators to take responsibility for the success of their students. 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