School Records and Reports: Journals of the Journey By: Deidre
Hayden, Winifred Anderson, and Stephen Chitwood (1997) As a
parent of a child with disabilities, you have special interest
in knowing what is contained in your child's school records.
This is true because of the significant information these
records offer you about your child and also because of the
emphasis schools place on these records when making educational
decisions. If any information in your child's records is
inaccurate, biased, incomplete, inconsistent, or just plain
wrong, this material may well result in inaccurate decisions
regarding your child's right to special education services. For
these reasons you must know how to obtain, interpret, and
correct these records and how to use them effectively in school
meetings. This chapter will guide you through the corridor in
the special education maze pertaining to school records.
Obtaining your child's records from the local school Schools are
required by federal and state laws to maintain c