IEPs and Standardized Testing

Just the title of this post makes me go GRRRRRRRRRR! How on earth is a person to develop something "individualized" from something "standard"? There is nothng NOTHING standard about my child. I would like to tell the government what they can do with their "standardized" testing. Gant was evaluated twice. Both results were pretty similar. He is labled as being "intellectually disabled". Polictically correct term for mentally retarded. I have news for the goverment and their tests - my child is the farthest thing possible from mentally retarded!! He is smart, he is intelligent, he is imaginitive, he is loving, and he is going to prove them wrong! In the mean time, I will focus on the positive side of this label. Because of it, he receives the maximum amount of help possible and will therefore overcome!