{"id":8301,"date":"2013-09-26T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2013-09-26T14:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=8301"},"modified":"2013-09-26T11:20:04","modified_gmt":"2013-09-26T15:20:04","slug":"imo-passing-from-grade-to-grade-means-little","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/imo-passing-from-grade-to-grade-means-little\/","title":{"rendered":"IMO, Passing from Grade to Grade Means Little"},"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=\"%20IMO%2C%20Passing%20from%20Grade%20to%20Grade%20Means%20Little\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; float: right;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nltr\/img\/girl.cyber.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/>The district evaluation and our IEE show my 8th grade daughter has regressed and is falling far behind. Reading &#8211; 5th grade level. Math &#8211; 4th grade level. Verbal score 122 (93rd percentile) and performance score 72 (3rd percentile). She has had an IEP since 5th grade.<\/p>\n<p>The district says she does not need to be at grade level because her report card grades are passing. What do I do next?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>IMO, <strong>passing from grade to grade means little<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I see high school students all the time who are passing from grade to grade, who cannot pass the high school exit exam, and who cannot read.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t pass exit exam=Don\u2019t graduate!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As a parent, I would be concerned that my kid might have \u201cgiven up\u201d because her disability had never been remediated adequately.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Questions to Ask<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ask &#8220;What type of scientifically research based remediation has been used in order to address her deficit areas?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Something else that I see is troublesome. There is a huge discrepancy between her performance score and her verbal score (50 points). I\u2019m no psychologist, but to me that seems statistically significant.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Put it in Writing<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Next. Ask the school to put into writing what they said.<\/p>\n<p>Write a letter to the school.\u00a0\u00a0Ask what <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nclb\/rbi.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Research Based Instruction (RBI)<\/span><\/a><\/span> they are using.<\/p>\n<p>In your letter<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>restate your concerns<\/li>\n<li>restate the school&#8217;s response to your concern.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ask the school to confirm what they said &#8211; that &#8220;your daughter does not have to be on grade level because she is passing from grade to grade.&#8221; Perhaps you &#8220;misunderstood.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>You Can Do This!<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>You are headed in the right direction. Make yourself the <em>expert<\/em> on your daughter, her disability and the IDEA.<\/p>\n<p>No one has more to lose here than you and your daughter. You are her <em>best<\/em> advocate.<\/p>\n<p>Read everything you can get your hands on regarding scientifically research based instruction, the IDEA and your daughter\u2019s disability.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/ltrs.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Document in writing<\/span><\/a> everything that is said and done. Be businesslike and polite.<\/p>\n<p>Good Luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The district evaluation and our IEE show my 8th grade daughter has regressed and is falling far behind. Reading &#8211; 5th grade level. Math &#8211; 4th grade level. Verbal score <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/imo-passing-from-grade-to-grade-means-little\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[174,18,529],"tags":[363,867,1091,932,100,32],"class_list":["post-8301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assessment","category-ieps","category-parent-rights-responsibilities","tag-grades","tag-iees","tag-passing-grades","tag-rbi","tag-research-based-instruction","tag-test-scores"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8301","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=8301"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10537,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8301\/revisions\/10537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}