But Douglas Kaufman, a literacy professor at UConn’s Neag School of Education, said the test is not culturally responsive and inclusive. In other words, it doesn’t consider the variety of ways that teachers connect to students or other hard-to-quantify measures.

Special education professionals and parents gathered at the University of Connecticut’s School of Law on Friday, to talk about changes that may follow a landmark court case decided last September. One of those changes has to do with perceptions of children with severe disabilities.

WNPR  (Audio – 27:00 Dorothea Anagnostopoulos is interviewed about the importance of covering racial issues in teacher preparation programs)

WNPR (AUDIO: Neag School’s Shaun Dougherty was a guest panelist regarding technical education in Connecticut and nationwide)