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Originally Posted by abbey lee

Now-a-days they DON'T care about the kids actually learning it is all about the TEST and getting high test grades. So many teachers solely teach to the test and students are lacking in other areas. So terrible.

If I am right in the state of KS you can not hold a child back without the parent's permission or it may just be our school. And yes we teach for the test. Teachers are very discouraged. To the OP, does your son have an IEP? In our school a teacher is not allowed to give a student with an IEP a failing grade. The issue came up with an a new teacher who had it out for IEP students. As for No Child Left Behind---it is a disaster!!! What do you do when you have a class with 33% of the students on IEPs and you're suppose to up your score every year and some of your students have maxed out on their learning capabilities? Unusual but that was the way it was this year in one of our elementary classes. (Have a small rural school---approx. 400 in elementary.) All the teachers were so scared of these students ruining their test scores. IEP students were pushed to the brink of tears, well, actually there were tears. My supervisor was beside herself trying to protect IEP students from feeling like failures. Geezz, I hate that program. Joanne