Special ed leaders say students denied help for key test

Special education students are being denied accommodations routinely approved in the past for a key state test because of a flawed data system at the state Department of Education, advocates said.

But state Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley said most of the concerns have been addressed and state officials are reviewing cases where requests for special treatment were turned down.

The dispute is the latest flareup over a new data system called eSER, which has sparked controversy for the past six months and was the subject of a hearing in the Senate Education Committee in December.