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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is going to get worse before it gets better. In 2017, after being sued, the SAT and ACT both automatically accept whatever accommodations are on a 504plan or IEP or whatever plan a private school uses. [b]It really gives an advantage to wealthy parents who pay privately for testing[b] and then threaten to sue the school unless their kid gets a 504 plan if in public. In private school why wouldn't schools want to have as many students as possible get extra time. There average SAT will be higher and their students will get into better colleges. The SAT did a study that showed extra time is beneficial for students who are higher scoring with and without disabilities. So everyone who is doing well to begin with will do better. It doesn't benefit any lower scoring students sho just haven't mastered the material to begin with.[/quote]

Yes if you can afford testing, more information is available to the school when it comes to developing services and accommodations. So that does create an advantage over kids whose families don’t have the resources for private testing. However, the testing, which is objective, must show a disability. Or are you saying that wealthy parents are paying for falsified results from professional neuropsychologists?[/quote]

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