Grading, Reporting, Graduating...and the Law. Miriam Kurtzig Freedman

those with mild or moderate needs who are mostly taught in the general education curriculum (with aids, benefits, services, accommodations, modifications, etc.) and (2) those who have severe or profound needs and who are to be taught what is appropriate “in light of their circumstances.” An earlier decision, Rowley (1982), dealt with the first group (estimated to be 80%-90% of today’s population of students with disabilities). Endrew F. dealt with the second group (estimated to be 10%-20% of today’s students with disabilities).

      Because this little flipbook of laws focuses on students in the general curriculum, it deals mostly with the first group, but not the second. It also does not deal with alternate assessments based on alternate academic achievement standards, which are designed for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities.