Exams set up special-needs children for failure

URBANA – Anthony Tuel seems like a regular kid: dirty blond hair, glasses, a "Hannah Montana" and "Mythbusters" fan who makes an eww! face at the thought of certain vegetables.

He speaks politely, tries to pay attention and works on homework with his mom, Kelly Tuel. He's in fourth grade at Thomas Paine Elementary School in Urbana.

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