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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Huh.  Everyone I knew whose kids had accommodations took the SAT.  And never took the test w/o accommodations, so couldn’t compare scores.[/quote]

Everyone I know had their kids diagnosed after scoring poorly the first time. I have a senior in FCPS and she knows at least 5 kids who did this within the past year and a half. These are all kids who had weighted GPAs over 4.0 before testing. This is a huge problem. [/quote]

I call BS and Troll.   My kids went through the accommodations process for College Board. It is almost impossible to get accommodations for LDs diagnoses in HS. Among other things, you need a 504 or IEP, have to submit neuropsych testing with objective proof of the LD and the school sends questionaries to teachers who have to certify consistent use of accommodations in at least one subject for at least a year.  My DCs got informal 9th grade PSAT accommodations because that is practice only.  For 10th grade PSAT and APs, there was a lot of paperwork and certifications from two teachers that my kid consistently used extended time in their class for all of freshman year.  DS used accommodations and  got them for the SAT. DD was embarrassed and refused to use extended time freshman year. She was denied even though she has had a 504 since 3rd grade.

This is not a low fall of junior year SAT get a doctors note voila accommodations for the spring thing.  I personally know kids who have always been suspected ADHD, were diagnosed in HS, got 504s, started medication, and were denied because they were diagnosed too late. They had been fine until 9th or 10th, so it was deemed not needed.

In fact, it was such a PITA that my kid stuck with the SAT precisely because no one felt like jumping through hoops again for the ACT.

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Did you not read the article? Do you not see the news? Do you not see the data that College Board itself put out on how accomodations jumped after tests with extended time could no longer be marked? Is your comprehension that poor?[/quote]

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