Thanks Polar. I am so upset - I never expected to have this problem with this group of teachers! The Special Ed teacher who administered the test to him knows his IEP and him VERY well. Also, I emailed a week ago (when you reminded to check on his accommodations for the test, thank you!) and asked to make sure he would get his accommodations and they said yes. I assumed that meant he would get ALL of his usual testing accommodations. That would have been the time to let me know if there were any issues with him getting any of his accommodations. I can not imagine what happened.
Yes He has already taken it. Today. And, yes, he ran out of time and would have gotten about two or three others correct he thinks (there were only 40 questions and in a 15 minute limit I assume that could be a good chunk of points). He got really upset when he and his classmates talked about the test later and he realized they got further than he.
Yikes! Given all of that, I'd send an email to the SPED teacher tonight, retell what your ds told you, and ask why he didn't receive the extended time. Then let us know what she says
And I'd send the email out tonight, before there's any question of did he get into the program or not based on results. The issue is he has an accommodation and it wasn't given. You need to know *why*, whether or not he did well enough to not have to worry about it.
You know I am upset because I didn't want this to be like this. I wanted him tested with his accommodations and if he couldn't get in the program with that, then, so be it. BUT now this introduces a whole big "what if"
Remember, the "what if" is on the side of what would this specific test score have been if he'd had the correct amount of time, not "what if" he's capable. You know he's capable already - so if this test isn't enough to get him in, gather other documentation / proof / data / etc and advocate to get him into it.
... Of course, we do not know yet how he did ... Either way, though, I guess I am gonna have to raise the issue.
It s*cks, doesn't it? I'm in a bit of a similar situation this week (teachers ignoring accommodations) and honestly, I don't like advocating lol! I'm all in on it, and I'm stubborn and won't back down but argh... it gets old. Commiserating with you!
Hang in there!
polarbear
