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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. It really gives an advantage to wealthy parents who pay privately for testing 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]

Most of the school systems accross the country are doing an abysmal job of identifying children with disabilities. The process does not work the way you imply. When there is a dispute about a child being identified as needing services, the parents can't "sue" the school system. There is a process, based on federal law, and a parent doesn't go through a civil process like you think. A parent may have to go through a due process hearing which often costs $50k and is very rigged in favor of the schools. Threats of suing over this don't intimidate schools. It just doesn't work that way. Most parents give up when faced with roadblocks from the schools. For most parents with children with disabilities, having an advocate is a must. An advocate is often not a lawyer. I have never in my many decades of dealing with special ed seen a single parent paying for an advocate and fighting a school for anything less than a disability that seriously affected their child's ability to function in school. [/quote]

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