Once Your Child Has Services

“Failure to make appropriate progress has devastating and cumulative ramifications.  This year’s teacher will not be around to see the implications over time, but parents certainly will be.” Dr. Ruth Heitin

Question/Issue	Link to resources
Monitoring: The Basics	Improving Student Outcomes Through Progress Monitoring
Monitoring: Curriculum-Based Measurements	Fact Sheet: Benefits of Curriculum-Based Measurement Monitoring Student Progress in Individualized Educational Programs Using Curriculum-Based Measurement Your Child’s IEP and Progress in the General Curriculum Student Progress Monitoring Resources for Families What Is Scientifically-Based Research on Progress Monitoring?
High Stakes Testing and Large Scale Assessment	Are children with disabilities required to take high-stakes tests? Assessment of Students with Disabilities (From OSEP, several articles on including children with disabilities in large-scale assessments.) Understanding High-Stakes Testing and Its Impact on Students with Learning Disabilities (Using a student's performance on a single assessment (or test) can pose serious obstacles with major consequences for your student with LD, including increases in grade retention, drop-out and the awarding of alternative types of diplomas that will limit your child's opportunities after high school. This brief outlines for parents the major issues, the most common obstacles, and provides a checklist so you can help your student stay on course for the future.) Large Scale Assessment for Students with Disabilities (Information about testing students with disabilities in statewide assessments and high-stakes testing.)