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Please email (See comments) FCPS is currently placing testing from an outside providers in the Parental Input section and not the Present Levels of Performance per skill area. Why does this matter? EDPlan IEP is difficult already to read for parents and moving assessment data to Parental Input does not organizationally make sense. It makes the IEP difficult for a parent to read and understand skills under each area. They would have to flip back and forth over multiple pages to compare and understand. The initial few pages are where the parental input is placed. The parent provided outside testing but that testing speaks to the present levels that the student is performing and in many cases supports changes to the IEP and or changing the present levels to be more appropriate. Putting it in the Parental Input section technically includes the data on the IEP however it takes the data out of context for the parents to understand and they will not be able to make the same connections as they would if it is all in one place. FCPS can still identify where the data was from source) within the Present Levels as they have always done. Why are they making this harder for parents?

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So, middle school students reading 3 or more years below grade level for YEARS are being failed by the system in place by FCPS. This happened to my children and despite all the work, the mindset still needs to change. Rigor and intensity of support along with design needs to be defined again for FCPS. Do better! "It is not hurting them" can not be the mindset and low bar set in middle school.

Why use a screener and assessments if you don't believe in them FCPS! Today once again I was told the well below scores in DIBELS and low scores in iReady for comprehension really does not provide realistic data for comprehension but if the parent thinks there is an issue then they could try and do more testing. WHAAT!

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Every week I talk to a parent in need of information and support. The only way to make schools listen is to be loud and a group of loud makes systematic changes.

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