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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is "evidence of performance on times tests"?

If someone gets a non perfect score on a timed test, what does that prove? Most people don't get perfect x yet don't get extended time. [/quote]

There's usually a comparison of timed v untimed performance - number of Qs right v wrong and error analysis as to what kinds of mistakes.

Many people given extra time can't actually answer the harder math questions. And many kids who need extra time can't get through nearly enough questions.

I currently have a student who has such a slow reading pace she can only read 3 out of 5 passages on an ACT section. What she does, she can answer correctly. If she tries to do all the questions, her score drops dramatically. If she has extra time her work is near perfect.

By contrast, many kids who don't need extra time, will still get the same kinds of questions wrong even when they have extra time. No amount of extra time is going to help you get a math question right if the key is knowing the quadratic formula and you just don't know it.

It's a myth that everyone benefits from extra time. [/quote]

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