Education Goals and IEPs

One problem that I have heard about in education is from a friend who has a child on an IEP (Individualized Educational Plan). Well this child has been on one for years. The IEP deals only with behavior and without solid educational goals.

So this child has been left behind in the fourth grade and while the special ed is more concerned with home theater seating then a child, this one has been left behind and is now entering into the 8th grade reading at a 4th grade level.

No wonder many in the education system wonder why it is broken.