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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe he had somebody on the inside on the College Board.  He seemed to have enough other people in on the scam.[/quote]

Thank you 15:31.  My oldest DS also qualified for a using a lap top to write essays on and extra time, but he refused the the extra time.  His teachers had urged us to seek a computer accommodation because it it very difficult to read his handwriting and takes him an extraordinary long time to write anything by hand, but he's actually a great writer. The way the psych testing works, he came out as qualified for both extra time and a computer accommodation.  He had close friends with dyslexia who needed extra time, and though it was unfair for him to use extra time he did not believe he needed and refused to apply for the accommodation although the school was supportive as was the psychologist.  He used his computer accommodation in both the classroom and the essay portions of on standardized tests, the results of which confirmed he was right -- he didn't need the time to do extremely well.  My second child, however, has always taken a particularly long time to complete certain tasks.   Diagnostic testing called it slow processing speed, some ADD, and a lot that was just unexplained as to root cause .  Like the child of the poster above, DC is extremely bright -- he would get every problem right that he completed on an exam, but only finish 2/3 of the questions -- especially if they involved reading.  Even math word problems would raise the issue which was not evident in pure equations/calculations.  He bregudingly accepted the extra time (50%)  and yes -- went to the top of the class. But no one seemed jealous of his time.  DC's friends and teachers all knew from conversations with DC just how smart he was and that it wasn't showing.   He also dislikes it, because he has to sit for very long periods to complete standardized tests. They won't let you go faster if you only need, say 25% extra time but they gave you 50%.  I don't see him as advantaged over other kids -- i see him as not having had an opportunity to test in a manner that showed his true abilities without the time, just as our older DC could not show his true written ability if he was forced to make chicken scratch no one could read at a painfully slow pace rather than bang our his ideas on a key board quickly. some families abuse the system -- shame on them -- but the rest of these kids should not be punished. [/quote]

[b]And have you ever wondered that maybe your kid received too much extra time and hence was able to double check their answers and with the extra time also had extra time to go through all the questions? Yes, they deserved extra time for their disability but since none of the xtra time are personalized, the time they received was more than they needed that they had the luxury to double check their answers and able to answer all the questions. So basically you are part of the group that created an uneven playing field for the kids who did not receive any accommodations.[/b][/quote]

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