Personalized Grading Plans: A Systematic Approach to Making the Grades of Included Students More Accurate and Meaningful.

Tommy is a fifth grader with a Learning disability that severely affects his ability to organize and write responses to questions. He has just received his first report card grades since being included in the general education social studies class. Tommy's teachers made several instructional adaptations for him, including providing him with study guides prior to tests. As he glances over his grades, Tommy is crestfallen to see the D in the social studies box. He knew he had not done well on the Longer written tests in class, but he had worked hard to prepare, and h~ had attended regularly and completed all of his homework and in-class projects. What else could he do?