All the tests do is compare the child with their peers - they don't find out what the child can do. Parents should have more control over the process. Until it is made mandatory that educators have training, they are not in a position to understand the needs of these children. Right from the beginning when parents are coerced into accepting school recommendations - for example, accepting a classification of SED for a child, based not on a correct diagnosis, but on the fact that there is an opening in a program. This is wrong.
Schools rely on the naivete of parents.
This was intended to reduce advocacy for my grandson. Learn your rights. Don't assume IDEA is enforced, because it isn't. This is because there are no consequences for lack of implementation. For political reasons, federal funding has never by cut off for non-compliance.