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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The solution is to not give extra time period to any student.

Have students with challenges, write an essay how they are challenged and have schools conduct in-person interviews/assessments to verify the challenges and then they can take that into account when factoring in test scores.

But this processes should happen after the test is taken in normal conditions.

Do we lower the hoop in the nba to accommodate people who are vertically challenged?

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This has to be the most stupid suggestion I've ever seen regarding the issue. You have no clue about children with learning disabilities. You aren't intelligent enough to realize how ridiculous your comparison of short nba players to students with learning disabilities is. [/quote]

Parent of child with ADHD, dyslexia nd dysgraphia here.  Totally agree.  If any of these folks had a child with a LD (or three), they might get it.  My child, with her extra time 27th percentile score is no threat to your Ivy wannabe.   :roll:   Yes, there are kids who abuse it.  So maybe the screening should be tougher.  My kid has had documented accommodations since 4th grade (which was actually way too late).  if a kid has no history of accommodations, maybe they shouldn't get extra time.  For example, my other child has "stealth dyslexia" diagnosed junior year in HS.  I totally agree that child  does not need (and she did not seek) accommodations.  She got a 34 on the ACT without them.  Is she capable fo a 36 with accommodations?  Sure, but she has gotten along without accommodations thus far, so I feel it would be unfair to request them now.[/quote]

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