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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m another poster with wretched eye sight who thinks of accommodations as analogous to eyeglasses.  That said, I think time-pressured standardized tests that don’t cover material as difficult as that presented in many high schools are a poor way of evaluating/ranking kids for college.  [/quote]

Er..it isn’t. You have a choice to wear them or not. What if you weren’t given a choice while others who gamed the system were? Would u be happy? Would u think it is fair? [/quote]

If I didn't wear my glasses I'd be effectively blind (unable to read a board even from the front of a class, able to read only if the book or screen was an inch or two from my face). There is no "choice" to wear them or not. If I want to see, I need to wear my glasses. If a child with dyslexia wants to be able to demonstrate his understanding of the tested material, he needs the time (or other supports) to read the exam.

If I were required to spend 6 hours taking an exam because of "extra time for all!" instead of 4 hours, I'd be bored out of my skull, because I have the skills and abilities to take the exam in 4 hours. I'd also probably make stupid errors and change the answers to questions I was on the fence about, which is not an uncommon problem.

It's interesting that everyone seems to be focused on the math calculation portion of these exams. Yes, if you knew how to solve the problems and had all the time in the world, you might score better on that single area of the exam. That's one part of the exam. And odds are, if your child wasn't close to perfect on it already, extra time wouldn't have done much.[/quote]

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