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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]EVERY school should be TEST REQUIRED and NO ONE should get extra time!

It's a STANDARDIZED test!

God damn![/quote]
we also shouldn't allow for 504s or IEPs, right? Screw kids with SN.[/quote]

Screw YOU.

The classroom experience is NOT the same thing as a STANDARDIZED test.

A kid with legit SN should get all the help they need (and can reasonably be provided) to learn the material.

But when they sit down for the ACT, everyone should take the SAME TEST under the SAME CONDITIONS.

Otherwise it's not really a standardized test.

DUH![/quote]

Well you know what, I’m sure my kid with a 504 and extra time would prefer not to have ADHD and be able to concentrate and do well without accommodations.  But life isn’t fair and time and a half on a standardized test isn’t going to fix their brain chemistry and all the other issues these kids legitimately face b/c of their diagnosis’s . So stop being bitter and think about what you are suggesting.

Or maybe we should level the playing field and give all kids extra time, but they all need to take a pill to mimic ADHD/dyslexia/anxiety/etc.  Does that sound fair in the name of standardizing things?[/quote]

That's dumb.  It's one thing to have appropriate education so your kid learns something so they can be a productive member of society, it's another thing to take a kid that can't really keep up and pretend he can keep up.[/quote]

Actually you are dumb. IEPs and 504s serve a variety of purposes that are individualized to a kid’s needs.  Yes, some kids may need more help than others to be as you say “productive members of society.”  And others don’t need help to be productive members of society.[b] They need a little extra time to calm their brains or unscramble words on a page or deal with blood sugar fluctuations. [/b]

I’m sorry you feel so threatened by kids that get extra time on the SAT or ACT.  [/quote]

What?!?

They don’t need extra time to "calm their brains" when they are playing their video games or scrolling online hours on end.

It's a scam. [/quote]

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