Child’s IEP Services Threatened Due to Parental Opt-Out Request. Has This Happened to You?
A parent empowers other parents: put schools on notice regarding threats to withhold IEP services from their children.
A parent sent this into Facebook about testing issues regarding a parent’s autistic child:
NEED SOME HELP FOR AUTISTIC CHILD -OPTING OUT OF TEST.
The school is threatening this family- saying they will remove the child’s IEP if he opts out of tests. (I know this has to be illegal -obviously breaks IDEA- but what can this family do? Is only option getting an attorney?)thanks in advance!
Letter from school:
Thank you for the written communication confirming your request for your 3 children, to be exempt from any state or federal standardized testing for the 2014-15 school year. This is our confirmation to you that we received your request to opt out of Federal and State testing.As such, your children will not be tested for the following:PARCC – Common Core AssessmentCMAS – Common Core AssessmentDIBELS – test used to qualify student under the State Read ActSpecial Education Assessments – State and Federal mandated to qualify for Individual Education Plan (IEP)Child’s IEP Services Threatened Due to Parental Opt-Out Request. Has This Happened to You? | Missouri Education Watchdog:
They would participate in Northwest Evaluation Assessment (NWEA) Measures of Academic Progress assessments, which is a local decision and an assessment AVA chooses to use to track student progress.
Because of the exclusion of DIBELS and Special Education testing, we may no longer be able to provide XX the additional services for reading (as pertaining to the legislated READ ACT) nor have enough relevant data to continue IEP services. If this was not your intent, please let me know and we can discuss the specifics in more