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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m so on board with this.

There should be a timed test and a no-time-limit year (where you can’t look ahead, and if you need to leave the center, the past Qs are now sealed)

The sat score should be read as 1300T or 1150T; or 1420U, or 1270U. Let the colleges tease out what students they want with those indicators.[/quote]

Devils advocate is a personal exp with my roommate and friend:
I worked in my college testing center. A great job. Part of it was proctoring hundreds of students at a time. They came and went as they wanted to start and finish their tests.

My friend always said she needed extra time for tests in high school. Never thought about it much.

But one day she was in the testing center on a day I was working. She took about 3 hours on a test that I noticed others were taking an hour. I think she really processes and agonized over each question. I think her ability to make unique connections between ideas also distracted her.

There were no time limits on tests (I think there were 2% where the prof stipulated a 90 minute limit etc)

She and I got similar grades. She might have more As due to easier major / harder worker. 
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