Evaluation And Placement Paper

Evaluation and Placement

As a twenty- year old college student, I set my sights on teaching Advance Placement United States History. That was the goal. However, things did not work out how I had initially planned. I began my teaching career co-teaching every hour, working with three different general education teachers, and juggling multiple subject areas. The special education world was very different than anything that I had previously been a part of. Before I began this position, special education was not something that I had given much thought too. I soon began to learn just how complex this new world could be. Helping a student be successful in the classroom is why many educators became teachers to begin with. Prior to a student with a

It is our duty to identify and provide the appropriate services to the students who need them. The tricky part is finding the correct balance of accommodations/modifications to provide an appropriate education to a disabled student in a general education setting if possible without obstructing or impeding on a non-disabled student’s education. The assessments and evaluations materials used by the school used must be to evaluate precise areas of the student’s needs. This means that a student may be allocated to a special education classroom setting for a number of reasons. Academic ability, compromised speaking or manual skills, medical reasons to name a few. “When these students are evaluated, the test results must accurately reflect what the test is supposed to measure and not the student’s impaired skills except where those skills are what is being measured”(U.S. Department of Education, n.d.). Regardless of the outcome of a student’s evaluation, it is important for educators to maintain an equality towards all the students in the classroom. Teachers have to maintain a level of respect and show a genuine concern for the student’s

In my personal experiences, what has stood out to me the most, a great deal of the parents do not truly understand the IEP process. More importantly, I feel that the parents do not grasp that they are a valuable member of the IEP team. The lines communication seems to be one sided. The parent(s) rely on the recommendation of the school staff, agree and sign. The problem with that is no one else at the meeting knows and understand that student more than his/her parents. “The law requires that parents or guardians be notified of any evaluation or placement action, and that they be allowed to examine their child’s records. If they disagree with the school’s decisions, parents or guardians must be allowed to have an impartial hearing, with the opportunity to participate in the discussions. A review procedure must be made available to parents or guardians who disagree with the hearing decision”(U.S. Department of Education, n.a.). It is important parents have a clear understanding of the IEP process to make education informed decisions concerning their child’s education. It should be the Local Educational Agency (LEA) to insure there is clear understanding by the