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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most parents do not begrudge the kids who actually deserve the accommodations. What they have a problem with is that 1/3-1/2 of kids in Big 3 classes get accommodations, while their own kids struggle to finish the same test in two-thirds of the time. It’s a thing, whether you want to acknowledge it or not. [b]Believe me, the Big 3 are not suddenly filling their classes with loads of LD kids.[/b] [/quote]

This I totally agree with. The schools are complicit and contributing to this and need to push back (public schools certainly do -- come over to the SN board and read about some of the hoops public schools put parents who are seeking accommodations through).

Starting in 2016-17, the College Board changed its policy and no longer allowed parents to apply for accommodations directly (unless a parent is homeschooling). The schools are supposed to submit documentation that the student has been diagnosed with a disability, and that the student uses them on every school test, and if so, how much time.

At least in my kid's schools, if you do not use the accommodations 75-80% of the time (and not just on standardized tests the school) the school will tell the College Board that.

Private schools need to grow a backbone. It is exceedingly rare for students with good grades through 9th or 10th grade, to suddenly develop a disability that warrants accommodations. The child may well have a late-diagnosed disability, but not all disabilities impact school performance.

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