What are academic modifications? How do they compare to school accommodations? What do these modifications really mean for kids with learning and attention issues, such as dyslexia or ADHD?...
========== Many students who have learningand attention issues have modifiedcurriculum. What modification incurricula means is that the child islearning less, is required to do less.In other words, it may not be grade-levelwork. It may be fewer assignments.To some extent, that's understandable when achild is struggling in school. But thecumulative effect of constantly havingmodified curriculum means that childrenare learning less than their peers.They're learning less mathematics,they're learning less science, they'relearning less history. And over time,that puts children at a significantdisadvantage in taking things like theSAT test. In some states, whether you haveto pass, like the state I live in,Massachusetts, students have to pass anexam to gra...
