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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC had a reader and a scribe accommodation form the college board, it comes with 50% more time.  This is because it takes longer to take a test with a reader and a scribe.  There is a delay from when one person reads a questions and when the next person hears it.  There is also a delay when the test taker tells the scribe the answer and the scribe bubbles it in, or in the case of the essay - when the scribe writes/types it out.

For those who only have 50% extra time, they are in a room with everyone less with that accommodation and they have to sit tight for the full time for each section just like in the classrooms where they have 100% of the time.  That makes for a very long day.

For those of you proposing that everyone receives the extra 50%, would your DC’s be able to sit tight for that extra time, even if they did not need it in the first place?  [/quote]

Yes as they will be able to check their answers or do that extra question since they will have more time[/quote]

Then the impact of extra time would be minimal in this case.  So why advocate for it?  A "normal" kid, checking answers doesn't yield much vs. a kid with ADHD who consistently makes careless errors and "needs" the extra time to check answers.  I like the analogy of the glasses.  If you give a kid with perfect eyesight glasses, they will end up with the same result as they would without the glasses.[/quote]

No. The better analogy is allowing someone to take a vision test with glasses! The ability to do work quickly and correctly is what standardized tests measure (in part). Allowing someone extra time to "fix careless errors" defeats the entire purpose. [/quote]

DP. I am allowed to take a vision test with glasses. At the DMV, because they want to make sure I can see well enough to drive.

The college board has determined that providing accommodations like extra time does not defeat the purpose of testing general knowledge and some speed.

The DMV has determined that me wearing glasses for my eye exam does not defeat the purpose of testing my ability to see the road and other information.

I'm not sure what the speed stuff is all about, to be honest. I had loads of leftover time for all my exams. Extra time would have afforded me absolutely nothing. I didn't get a perfect score on the SAT, and I wouldn't have with more time, because I didn't have all the knowledge I needed in order to get a perfect score. Perhaps people who can't finish in the allocated time should get tested, they might have a disability.

Or wait, you're not interested in sacrificing the extensive amount of money and time to get tested for something that's caused you no trouble at all? Huh. Maybe that partially explains the difference between you, and people who need accommodations.

My husband has perfect vision. Do you have any idea how much time and money he saves by his lucky genetics? It's maddening. And yet, the only accommodation I get is that I get to wear my glasses. Sure, maybe it's unfair that I get those cool microfiber wipes from my optometrists office. But if you don't need to hang out in an optometrists office regularly, I think it's ok if you have to buy your own microfiber wipes for your non-prescription sunglasses.[/quote]

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