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School psychologist urges clearer special‑education protocols and attention to English‑learner assessments
Summary
A Holyoke school psychologist and other meeting participants called for consistent, actionable protocols for special education evaluations and meetings and raised concerns about how English‑language proficiency affects standardized test results used in receivership evaluations.
Several participants called for consistent, district‑wide protocols for special education evaluations, meetings and Individualized Education Program (IEP) implementation, and urged the advisory team to include those protocols among recommended action steps.
Evelyn Abbott Salazar, a school psychologist who said this is her first year in Holyoke Public Schools, noted that poor standardized test scores contributed to the district’s…
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