Disability Rights Advocates
An outfit named Disability Rights Advocates has issued this report on how to handle learning-disabled youngsters in high-stakes testing programs. Mostly it's an anti-testing screed that tells states what they must do under federal law to "accommodate" such youngsters and how not to penalize or disadvantage them. Oregon is cited as a case study-and gets much praise. Indeed, the report of a "blue ribbon panel" that examined Oregon's testing program from the perspective of L.D. children occupies more than half of this 46-page report. You may not want to bother. If you do, contact Disability Rights Advocates, 449 15th Street, Suite 303, Oakland, CA 94612. You can phone (510) 451-8644, fax (510) 451-8716, e-mail [email protected] or surf to www.dralegal.org.
