It is the law that ALL teachers must follow the special education regulations . Compare your child's work in relation to the goals in their I.E.P. It is important to remember that the school year is more than half over, so not all goal will be graded and there will be blanks. This is where the team approach happens. In other words, is the child not being challenged and moving ahead with new work. The child continually comes home with work the was mastered long ago.
Some districts only send home test scores with areas of difficulty written on the paper.
It is important that you then have a statement included in your child's I.E.P. that you as the parent receive a copy of the actual test so that you can see where your child's errors lie, and you can teach the child how to correct the paper. Work which you have concern about should be placed in a separate folder so that it is easily accessible for conferences and Child Study Team Meetings. Each weeks work should be stapled together for each subject, then stapled again at the end of each month. Although classified students scores are not counted with the rest of the district, these scores are placed in their files, and used for diagnostic purposes. Many regular ed teachers who have classified students, are unaware that a student is classified, until it is brought to their attention by a parent.