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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Every person on these threads who is fixated on extra time or other accommodations that children with disabilities are legally entitled to needs to take a big step back.

You can join the cadre of privileged parents who are convinced, despite all data to the contrary (or no data at all), that their kids must have "lost" their seat -- or may "lose" a seat -- to a minority applicant.

Your kid is not necessarily the best-qualified applicant. Your child was NEVER promised a seat at these institutions.  There are no outside forces conspiring to deny your of something they kid of what was rightly theirs.

Your behavior is frankly no different than the parents who berated Flanagan for their child's poor results during admissions season.

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The extra time accommodations are not personalized. So some are definitely getting an advantage and then there is the abuse of the system. When those who are getting the accommodations protest too much about giving every child longer or untimed to take the tests or make the test less about speed, then one can’t help but wonder why.[/quote]

Yes, they are personalized. The school asks for the amount of time that a student receives in school. Some students get 1.5 time, some get 2x time, and a very few are approved for unlimited time for ADHD (those are supposed to be for a student with multiple and severe disabilities - think a Stephen Hawking-level of complex issues).

But of course, if you are bribing someone in the SSD office of the College Board (as Singer did), your child is likely to receive unlimited time to complete the exam.

-public school counselor who submits these requests [/quote]

You need more critical thinking. That is not personalized if the time is 1.5 or 2x or unlimited. None of the kids that are tested has a time specifically tailored to their disability. Maybe only extra half hour is needed or 3 x rather than 2x. Some kids are given more time and some kids are given less time than they actually need. There is currently no accurate  measurement. The system needs to change. The tests need to change - remove the t8me element, change the tests based on knowledge rather than speed, etc.  [/quote]

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