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So if your child has any kind of special needs, they too deserve a lower score?

For example, if they have severe dyslexia, they should not get extra time to decipher the questions? What about a motor impairment, should they not be allowed to type when others have to write by hand?

Let's hope you and yours never have to suffer from anything that requires accommodations!
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What is so bad about suggestion? Why do you feel your child need to hide the extra time they are getting in a standardized test?[/quote]

PP, the extra time is not hidden. Colleges know who got it. So, while you may not know that neighbor kid Larla got extended time, Princeton does. [/quote]

I'm someone strongly in favor of extra time, which evened the playing field enough for my kid to get a 23 on their ACT.

But no, information about accommodations and IEP/504 status is not shared with colleges.  It is considered confidential information.  [/quote]

+1  There is are some highly ignorant people on this thread. Many kids get diagnoses in preschool and have struggles you have no idea about.  While there may be a few bad actors, kids who are blind and get the test in Braille or read to them on a computer and autistic kids who get more time because of processing speed issues are not making up their struggles just to make your kid look bad.
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