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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tidbits from article:

At Scarsdale High school north of NY city, one in five students is eligible for extra time or another accommodation such as a separate room for taking the SAT or ACT college entrance exam.
At Weston High School in CT, it is one in four.
At Newton North High School outside Boston, it’s one in three.

Public schools in wealthier areas: where no more than 10% of students are eligible for free or reduced lunches, an average of 4.2% of students have the 504 designation compared to only 1.6% of kids in public schools where 75% or more are eligible for free and reduced cost lunches.

The evidence there - the system is being gamed and tilted to those w extra time. Extra time for all.[/quote]

Gamed?   Pretty insensitive to kids with learning issues.   I thought that you were going to talk about adversity scores and kids being under-diagnosed - that would have been a lot more fair.

If a kid is having some sort of trouble focusing, gets help and treatment and is granted extra time, that is not 'gaming' the system.

Did your detailed analysis uncover if all of these 'gaming' kids translated their extra time into higher scores or is this just another of the thousands of threads on this site where wealthy people are blamed for society's problems.  In this case, that would involve being a parent and advocating for their kid.[/quote]

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