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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do we have accommodations at all, except in severe cases? I understand if you're blind and need the test read to you, or you have a phsyical disability and can't easily fill in the circles on the sheet -- then extra time seems warranted.

But isn't the goal of the test to measure against other students? Why not have the same testing environment for all then? I realize some will score poorer than others, but isn't that exactly what it's trying to measure?

As an employer, if an aptitude test reflects your job duties, then it's useful to know how much you can accomplish within a fixed amount of time, because that's part of the job.[/quote]

Because speed, for example, isn't necessarily an indicator that you can't do well in college. You will need to work harder if you have a disability to master the content, but you should not be deprived of the opportunity because of a discriminatory bar to entry.

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I'm sure everyone would do better on the SAT if they had more time. I know I left some questions blank -- I ran out of time. I studied some time management techniques for the test, but it's just difficult to manage time. So why should someone else be allowed unlimited time if they are bad at time management? And why unlimited time and not just an additional 10 minutes or 20 minutes? Is there a scale for how much extra time you get based on your need? Or does everyone get unlimited?[/quote]

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