By Christina Samuels
Students with disabilities should be taught to rigorous academic standards, said Deborah S. Delisle, the education department’s assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education, in a press conference with reporters on Thursday.
Delisle’s comments came in response to a question from Joy Resmovits of the Huffington Post, who asked department officials about a proposal in New York to test certain students with disabilities up to two grades below their chronological grade level. This request is part of the state’s renewal of its waiver from No Child Left Behind standards.