A Special Education Assessment: Speed up Learning!

On the first day of October, I attended a meeting before school with the Special Education team to discuss the academic capabilities and needs of a boy who is in my class for the second year, now as a fifth grader.  I had been informed that this boy had scored “Unsatisfactory” on all sections of the CSAP (Colorado Student Achievement Program) tests that he took last spring, and that the Special Education staff believed he needed special help.

The boys’ mother was in attendance, but the boy was not.  There was a psychologist present along with a second… Continue reading →