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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the PP who said the school recommended an accommodation for one kid that we have not taken.

My kid does not have a disability - Kid has an SAT score in the top 3% of students, but is looking for a few extra points. What i think is nuts is that there is a clear trend of  kids testing in the top 5% of students who are getting extra time so they can try to get a top 1% score  so they can get into one of a tiny number of schools where that is average. These kids are not dyslexic, they don't have ADHD. They are doing this to give themselves an advantage for a handful of top schools. If my kid can't get the extra points they need maybe they don't get into a school where all the kids have tippy top scores and I am fine with that. There are a lot of great schools they can go to. I actually think that's the way it's supposed to work.[/quote]

if they take the test with extra time it's reported. My son is autistic and took the text with extra time the first time but then took it the second time without extra time in case the extra time became an issue. The difference in grade was marginal and he had no interest in attending a high stress school. At any rate, it should give you some comfort that extra time is reported as part of the test score.[/quote]
This is incorrect. Accommodations are not reported to schools. [/quote]

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