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Re: Title/Sped services question?? to Addie/mo
Posted by thanks Addie - nfm. lynne/ca on 10/03/08
On 10/03/08, Addie/mo wrote:
> On our master list based on multicriteria for each grade, we rank the
> bottom third of each grade (minus students who are served for reading
> through IEPs) from lowest to highest. This bottom third of the class could
> include students who are in special services for other disabilities such as
> OHI, ED, Language Impaired, Speech, Specific Learning Disability in an area
> other than reading, etc. Chances are that an MR student would not be
> included, because he/she would work on reading in the special education
> classroom. A student with a Specific Learning Disability in any area
> reading would not be included in the bottom third. Also, some students with
> disabilities, say ED, might not be in the bottom third of the class, so
> they would not be included. It has been the view of our school district
> that to include special services students who qualify for IEPs in reading
> is "double dipping" or supplanting, so we don't do it.
>
> We set a "cut-off" score (an arbitrary number that can differ from grade to
> grade) and no students with a score above that qualifies. How we set
> the "cut-off" score is we look for a natural break in the scores. Let's
> just pretend that we had 6 spots and the multicriteria scores were: 34, 45,
> 47, 48, 50, 52, 54, 65, 67, 69, 70, 78...we would probably choose a cut-
> score of 60 or so (to allow for any move-ins that might need services if a
> spot is available). Since we only have six spots students: 34, 45, 47, 48,
> 50 and 52 would get spots (assuming their parents gave permission). If a
> parent refused services then student 54 would be offered a spot.
>
> We are allowed to use a passive permission to place kids in Title 1, but I
> don't like this practice, so we obtain active permission.
>
> I hope this makes sense.
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Title/Sped services question??, 9/30/08, by Sophia.
- Re: Title/Sped services question??, 9/30/08, by Addie/mo.
- Re: Title/Sped services question??, 9/30/08, by Sophia.
- Re: Title/Sped services question??, 10/01/08, by Addie/mo.
- Re: Title/Sped services question??, 10/01/08, by lynne/ca.
- Re: Title/Sped services question??, 10/02/08, by Addie/mo.
- Re: Title/Sped services question?? to Addie/mo, 10/02/08, by lynne/ca .
- Re: Title/Sped services question?? to Addie/mo, 10/03/08, by Addie/mo.
- Re: Title/Sped services question?? to Addie/mo, 10/03/08, by thanks Addie - nfm. lynne/ca.
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