I also haven't requested it because I don't understand what difference it will make if their standard of measurement is the state grade-level standards. He will likely not fall below any grade-level standards.
That's not the legal standard. You might look at wrightslaw.com.
For speech, she is sending home a form to sign to approve tier 2 interventions. She made it clear that this was a formality. She "only needs two data points from the teacher" to get him to tier 3 and under her care. That is her goal. She said that the teachers don't have time for tier 2 speech interventions and my impression was that she just wanted to check that off the list and keep moving.
Since the speech therapist seemed eager to help, I was wondering how to piggyback the writing into the equation here.
The full educational eval is your best bet.
