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I have been in a similar situation with a teacher with that attitude. It is very unfortunate.

My immediate question is, can your son change classes? I say this because it may be unlikely that her overall position is going to change. Even if you have the administration force her to take the appropriate action regarding math, she may retaliate in other ways.

My second thought is, if you haven’t already, send an email to the teacher following up on your conversation regarding the test scores and encompassing the year and how it follows or does not follow the ILP. Include dates so the time lost to inaction is obvious. Then, have someone read it before you send it to make sure it communicates what you need to, but is not adversarial. Then send it and copy the principal. This will make it possible to continue advocating without talking in person.

In my case, we did get some action, BUT I felt it would be better to change schools to one that cared more.