I just ran across this at Twitter. A rant from a father of a special education student.

[madfloridian]

18. Common Core for Special Ed..What are Standards-Based IEPs?

More from this blog from Sept. 20.

http://exceptionaldelaware.wordpress.com/2014/09/20/uh-oh-common-core-for-special-education-what-are-standards-based-ieps-and-which-are-the-pilot-districts-2/

Since I wrote this article a month and a half ago, I’ve found out standards-based IEPs have been around since No Child Left Behind was introduced back in 2002. But designing IEPs to fit the Common Core standards is a newer thing, going back to 2010 in some states. Delaware is just starting this “initiative” in 2014. This is dangerous, and deceptive, just like the Common Core Standards and the Smarter Balanced Assessment. Our special needs students have never needed their parents to speak up more. This is the line in the sand, and we have to cross it now. We have to rise, like an army, and fight with our voices. We must unify, we must retaliate, and we must say no. If we don’t, our children will be subjected to a hell we have never seen before. The very nature, the very essence of an Individualized Education Plan will change forever. And if we say nothing, we are allowing this to happen.