Karl said
"And, of course, if the special-ed teacher is going beyond the specified
accommodations and actively helping the student, that would be cheating too,
but that would have nothing to do with the grammatical interpretation of the IEP."
I assumed that what Susan meant by "cheating" was something like the excessive intervention Karl describes in the above paragraph, and that the grammatical interpretation of the IEP is relevant because Susan wants to justify keeping the test out the special ed teacher's room so that this kind of cheating can't occur.
I agree with Karl that extra testing time and different testing environments are common, and often appropriate, accommodations for students with learning disabilities. At the colleges and universities at which I have taught, the advising office sends out notices like this every semester to identify students with such needs and request that faculty members make the needed accommodations.
Brian
Bruce Despain wrote:
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> Susan,
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> My take on the matter is that the last phrase is meant to modify the
> last clause only. Notice that the first two clauses share the same
> subject (he) and that the subject to the last clause is "tests." To
> make it have solely the meaning you want the phrase would have to end ".
> all at the teacher's discretion." The fact that there is no comma
> before the phrase further suggests that there is contrast to a sentence
> adverbial intended. However, that said, the whole spirit of the
> sentence suggests that it is indeed meant to relate to all these
> test-taking activities. The teacher is being allowed to use her own
> discretion in just one aspect of test taking? That seems absurd, as all
> these circumstances would seem to compromise the test taking environment
> in similar ways. The fact that "discretion" is misspelled should
> suggest as well that the rule cannot be taken literally.
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> Bruce
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> *From:* Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Susan van Druten
> *Sent:* Saturday, April 04, 2009 1:43 PM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* syntax in a legal document
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> The IEP reads as follows: "He may take tests in the resource room, have
> extended time to complete them, and they may be open book per teacher
> discreation [sic]." Is there any way the /per teacher discretion /line
> could be seen as modifying the entire sentence?
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> I am the teacher who must give my tests to the special ed teacher who
> lets the students cheat on tests. I'm looking for a loophole, so the
> IEP will have to be rewritten.
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> Thanks for any help!
>
> Susan
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