WSJ article on more students especially the affluent get extra time on SAT
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Anonymous
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If the test designers are doing their job (test measures what it is supposed to without artifacts) then extra time could be allowed for everyone with no benefit to those without disabilities. In recent versions of SAT, they have rushed the research/ validation and can’t demonstrate the measurement equivalence of versions under different accommodation conditions.
Since 20% of the population has a reading disability- most commonly dyslexia- these numbers for extended time seem about right. Not all kids with dyslexia are diagnosed and there are many other disabilities for whom extended time is an appropriate accommodation. The educational test publishers seem to have abandoned all professional standards in an attempt to make money. |
Anonymous
| My sister in law is a teacher at one of the schools mentioned in the article. She has been talking about this issue for many years, as well as the issue of rampant use of "life coaching"(consultants who map out how a kid is supposed to position themselves for college application in terms of classes, activities etc.) and excessive tutoring. |
Anonymous
+1. There are so many issues with College Board and its actions under Coleman it's hard to know where to start. I think I read that the validation study having to do with first year college grades will finally be published this summer, for a test that has now been in use for 3 yrs. Separately, standardization questions continue to grow. I suppose they're hoping to continue riding the coattails of ETS's work product quality from decades gone by, but as a parent who is paying attention, my view is that he broke it. Unfortunately, my kids-without-accommodations-who-read-on-the-slow-side cannot turn to ACT for the speed reason. |
Anonymous
+ 1,000,000 |
Anonymous
Upper middle class whites are the single largest demo of high-scoring students, so they just squeeze each other out. |
Anonymous
Why did you just bump a thread from over 5 years ago?? |
Anonymous
Because blood sugar is so variable (and is least predictable under stressful conditions), the delta can be extreme and potentially very dangerous, and high/low blood sugar has cognitive impacts, what T1Ds actually need is (1) ability to test blood glucose during as needed, (2) breaks as needed to regulate blood sugar, (3) and ability to eat/drink as needed. Since this could obviously be disruptive to non-T1Ds, one-on-one testing is optimal, though this cannot be guaranteed. FYI, we also got permission to use Dexcom though phone, but the phone had to be on proctor’s desk, and in some kind of mode that would make looking things up impossible. College Board provided instructions. I offer this to any potential T1D parents bc it took a while to figure out what to request. Okay, carry on with your arguing now. |
Anonymous
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DC has reading issues. The past two years have been painful - grades, AP and SAT scores. I'm paying $$$ for therapies. I fought any accommodations or diagnosis for years, thinking if only DC applied themselves more. After the diagnosis, I felt awful for not believing DC about their LD.
I would 100% prefer DC NOT have these issues and NOT need accommodations. I'll trade places with any of you who don't have these issues. FWIW, I have another child who doesn't have these issues. I didn't get to pick and choose which issues my children were born with, just as children didn't get to pick and choose their parents. |
Anonymous
| 5 year old thread... |
Anonymous
bored government workers |
Anonymous
I needed more time. |
Anonymous
| Several times teachers have encouraged us to seek an accommodation for one of our kids just because they were sometimes inattentive in class and slow on tests -but they were clearly in the range of normal and generally do quite well in school. Many other parents seemed to jump at the chance to give their kids extra time - I'm stunned by the number of kids we know who get extra time - cannot be a coincidence. The pattern is clear - get your kids extra time, have them take the ACT where that really matters. These kids are getting 34+ and into Top 50 schools with this strategy. I'm not that bothered by this because nothing in college admissions is "fair" - this is a drop in the bucket, but I'm stunned at the rationalization and lack of self-awareness I've seen from other families about how they are using the system. As my kid is struggling through test prep and learning to go faster to get the score they need, I'm telling myself I'm doing the right thing by my kid by encouraging them to learn to compensate for a weakness that will help them in the future. |
Anonymous
It creates a disruption to constantly have kids getting up, turning in papers, and leaving. |
Anonymous
I feel badly for your kid. The teachers recognize the disability but the parents are in denial. Sad. |
Anonymous
A+. |