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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]2. There needs to be a notation that additional test time was utilized by the test taker.[/quote]
Nope.  HIPPA, ADA, etc.[/quote]

There is no requirement that an accomodation not be disclosed.  They have to be provided.  They should be disclosed.

Further, and more to the point, the problem is not so much a kid getting to take an extra hour for the exam.  Rather, poor kids and middle class kids who do not have the resources to get outside tutoring, or to take multiple tests, multiple times.  Isn't a kid from not so great inner city schools who pulls a 25 on the one time they took the ACT way, way ahead of a kid who gets a 34 on their 4th time after 20 hours of outside tutoring?

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No kid is going to get a 34 after 20 hours of outside tutoring. Tutoring helps clear up minor issues - it’s the entire education and relative intelligence of the test taker that gets a kid their score.

If tutoring were to really make a difference it would have to be extensive (months or years - which some people do) and that may or may not make a difference.

The extra time for connected rich kids really is giving poorer kids short shrift though. Perhaps these rich testing companies should do more to identify less advantaged kids who need more support.[/quote]

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