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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the posters who are pushing for extra time for all students:

My DC received a scribe and a reader in addition to 50% extra time.  Do you think that all students should get a scribe and a reader too?  Or is it just the extra time accommodation that you have qualms about?

FWIW, the 50% extra time is automatically given if a student receives a scribe/reader accommodation because it takes longer to take the test with a reader/scribe. [/quote]

My kid had a reader for the SSAT (and likely will when she gets to the SAT). Not a scribe, though, because she didn't need it, but she did get a computer for the essay and to write the answers in the test booklet (which were copied by the proctor onto the answer sheet).  I was afraid to mention it on this thread because I can only imagine the anger over that.  Meanwhile, she still only scored in the 27th percentile overall because her verbal scores were so bad, so there's that.  Yah, huge advantage I got for my child.  Look out Big 3 and Ivy League!  I'd trade her 27th percentile for a kid who doesn't need extra time any day of the week. Along with the "advantages:" she got on the test, she got the privilege of always feeling stupid, which has affected her self esteem and caused anxiety and depression (she has been talking about suicide since 4th grade).  She also got tutoring twice a week for 4 years to remediate her phonological processing disorder (which now tests in the normal range, but she still has a RAM deficit which means she reads slowly and likely always will).  She spends twice as much time as the other kids in her class on her homework and works her tail off.  She gets straight As and her teachers think she is fantastic.  But please don't think getting extra time is a picnic.  For our kids, life is a struggle that neurotypical people cannot understand until it's their child.  Trust me, I would have said she of the same things you all are saying before I had a dyslexic child.

For the record, I really don't care if they give other kids extra time.  I'm concerned about my own doing the best she can.  But please understand that some people have needs that others do not.  For example, a reader and a scribe.  These are documented needs.  We aren't making them up.  She has had an IEP for years and she would love to trade places with a child who doesn't have to work as hard.[/quote]

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