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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was a very slow test taker in high school, college, and graduate school who frequently did not have quite enough time to finish an exam -- and would therefore earn an A-/B+, instead of an A.

My child is a straight A student (only two A-s) at their top private high school.  In one of the classes where my child earned an A-, s/he was having trouble with the exams, and the teacher suggested that they visit the learning coordinator to get approved for additional time on the exams.

Apparently, it must be easier than most people think to get approved for the extra time on exams, if a teacher at a top private school was making this recommendation to an otherwise A student who was in "danger" of falling into an A- grade.

We did not allow our child to pursue that option, but I can see where the OP might be worried that it is not simply being reserved for standard LDs anymore. [/quote]

Same poster, now I wish that we had known about this "processing" issue, which may very well be what I had in a mild form (I had to repeatedly read the questions and text) and/or what the teacher saw in my child (who does the same thing).  The extra time would have certainly helped her on the PSAT exam, where they missed NMSF cutoff by one point in DC.   :wink:[/quote]

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