Special Education Misinterpretations

We have been focusing on specific cases studies in our textbook for one of my special education courses, and I have noticed a pattern that occurs in most of the evaluation processes. Many of the teachers and school boards that are discussed in this book have placed students in special education who do not necessarily need to be. There was one case, for example, where a student, named Miles, was absent 28 times from kindergarten due to asthma. Due to the lack of communication between Miles's mother and the school and between the teachers at the school, the unreasonable IEP goals, and the minimal one-on-one attention given to Miles, he had to re-take kindergarten and was placed in special education. It was clear that Miles did not belong in special education because he was above grade level in most subjects and achieved his IEP goals extremely fast. I believe that incorrect placements happen all the time in special education, and it is a huge issue we need to carefully look at.