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[quote=Anonymous]"I highly doubt that. And if my kid (who by all accounts actually has great working memory and processing speed) got extra time on the SAT and ACT and outscored their kid, I think they would be right to think that was wrong. My goal for my child is for him to learn to understand and compensate for his weaknesses, and play to his strengths. I do want him to get supports along the way, but not supports that give him an unfair advantage."

This took us a long time to understand as well.  Try thinking of it this way.  At some point, getting more extra time (or whatever the support might be) stops being an advantage.

For example, if all students could stare at the test and work as hard as they want to for as long as they want until their scores just won't go up any more, this would be fair, right?

This is what the testing showed for our DC with an IEP.  DC didn't need extra time because his score did not go up with extra time.  However, if he gets headphones where he can hear the questions as well as see them, his score go up so he gets that support.

We know another student whose test score goes up almost no matter how much extra time they receive.  The have fairly severe ADHD.  Pretty much they can only do one question and then they need a break.  In school, this showed up because they always got 100% on any quiz they ever took but pretty much failed every test they ever took.  If they get modified tests that only ask them the hardest two or three questions, once again they always get 100%.  If you switch it around and give them the first and easier 80% of the test, once again they pretty much fail all the time.  They get the first 3 or so question right and the rest of the questions wrong.

This student with ADHD, can do problems much harder than their peers, they just can't do many of them.  As an employer, I can get anyone to do the easy questions but I have to pay big money to get someone to answer the hard questions.

This is what supports are all about.[/quote]

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