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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not a big fan of accommodations.[/quote]

So, my kid with 13th percentile processing speed shouldn't get more time on tests? Why, exactly? 
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For the same reason my kid with 13th percentile sprinting speed shouldn't get a 40-meter head start in the 100 meter dash.[/quote]

That's a stupid analogy.

The 100-meter dash is a competition to run the fastest. Speed is the point.

The SAT is an assessment of knowledge. If you know geometry, it doesn't matter if it takes you 30 minutes to answer a series of geometry questions and not 15. There are lots of areas of study (and professions) that don't require speed.[/quote]

Then why is the test timed at all? Everyone deserves the chance to take as much time as they need.[/quote]

It is time for administrability.

It is one of the six measures of cognitive ability.

A kid with 13th percentile processing speed needs more time that a kid with median (or above median) processing speed.

Why does this bother you so much? Do you actually think that a kid with processing speed is going to have an advantage over a kid with median processing speed, or do you think that a kid who knows the subject matter, but has slow processing speed, is dumb?

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DP.

(1) you didn’t address PP’s question as to why the test is timed at all

(2) processing speed is actually one of the primary measures of cognitive ability[/quote]

It's times for administrability.

The SAT is a test of knowledge, not cognitive ability. Your confusion of the two underscores that the misconception that kids with EF issues shouldn't get accommodations because they're just dumb. 
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