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The article discusses the special testing procedures that Florida has adopted and implemented for handicapped students including exemptions, special standards, and modification of test techniques. The 1976 Accountability Act, which was amended in 1977, classified educable mentally retarded, trainable mentally retarded, emotionally handicapped, specific learning disabled, or hearing impaired as exceptional students and were exempted from the testing requirement for graduation or promotion purposes. These students may participate in the testing program if they opt to, and if they did, special testing adaptations will be incorporated.

The article presents the sixth of a series of articles on the special aspects of educating various types of exceptional children, compiled by Darrel H. Mase at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. In this issue, the article focuses on the education of crippled children. The education of crippled children depends on the individual child to be educated, some may need no special attention, but others will need an educational program different from or in addition to that provided for the normal child in order to take advantage of their right to opportunity for education. Special buildings, individual and special equipment are crucial factors in making education to crippled children. It is also important that the teachers possess special professional and personal qualifications.