Re: TAKS-M Two Percent Counts

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Yes, it's astonishing isn't it?  I never wanted my son to take Taks-ALT or TAKS-M, and I told them this from the start.  I expected them to teach my son so that he could pass in his third grade year.  But they wrote him off from the get-go, and didn't bother to teach him any academics until I learned to advocate beginning in the 06-07 school year.

Then they manipulated us into allowing TAKS-ALT, which in retrospect was illegal.  he in no way has the cognitive impairment to qualify for TAKS-ALT.This year he took TAKS-M and didn't pass it, of course, as his reading and math resource teacher made up most of his progress report grades (which show mastery after only three months after adoption of the objectives.

IF my son had to go back there again next year, I would not allow him to take anything but the regular TAKS writing.  This is the only way they are going to start to listen abut the necessity of really teaching children with autism academic skills.  I'm so furious with what they have done.  My son will struggle now to catch up. He CAN learn if they would get their heads out of their.....and use programs and methodologies that work.