Accommodations on Standardized Tests  If your state uses
standardized tests to determine your child's eligibility to
advance to another grade or to graduate from high school, you
need to plan ahead to make sure that your child will have
appropriate support and modifications. Make sure that your
child's IEP contains goals that will meet the content
requirement for such tests; your child cannot reasonably be
expected to pass a test on material he has never been taught. If
your child is in a resource or special ed class even for only
part of the day, he may be missing instruction that is important
to meet grade-level standards.  Dyslexia and Standardized Tests
Students with dyslexia tend to have difficulties particularly
with standardized tests, and their scores often do not
accurately reflect their level of achievement. One problem is
simply that these tests are written, and your child has a
disability affecting reading. Your child is likely to have more
difficulty deciphering the questions and the set of answ