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Blind Federation: Make K-12 Assessments Accessible to All

Associations Now

Virgin Islands—NFB alleges that the company’s failure to make the tests accessible to blind students during the field testing process violates the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. PARCC received a $186 million grant from the U.S.

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Group Aims to Help School Counselors Face Growing Caseloads

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Virgin Islands have a ratio better than ASCA’s recommended 250 to 1. We’re hoping we’re through the worst of that, and that as education budgets come back around, those cuts will be reinstated.”. California’s ratio was the highest in the U.S. The next closest were Arizona (861 to1), Minnesota (782 to 1), and Utah (726 to 1).