[senit] P Scales

hello SENIT folks,

I am the author of a blog in the USA Teaching Learners with Multiple Special
Needs.  There has been much interest over here about your concept of
P-Scales and how it is being implemented, in addition to the idea of "value
added".  In the US these ideas are pretty foreign to us, at least
administratively.  Many of us in the classroom with that there was a
curriculum framework designed for our learners needs, instead of this idea
that we must teach our students the age appropriate standards, not matter
how far away they are from reaching them (i.e. we must present alternative
assessment portfolios to the government most years proving that a student on
at age 16 is reading MacBeth and studying Algebra and Chemistry, even if
they are working on cause and effect and increasing alertness).  We also
only use the ideas of "least restrictive environment" and "reasonable
educational progress" to determine if we are doing a good job in education
our learners with the most significant disabilities.  We used to use the
concept of "maximum feasible benefit" but that was eliminated ten years ago
by the legislature because it was too expensive.

I am wondering if anyone in the UK would like to write a guest blog entry
(or series of entries) this summer explaining to non-UK special educators
the ideas behind the P-Scales.  Please contact me off the list at the
address below.

By the way thank you all for letting me lurk on your list, I find it
informative and inspiring!

-- 
Kate Ahern, M.S.Ed.
teechkidz at gmail.com
www.teachinglearnerswithmultipleneeds.blogspot.com
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