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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another thing to think about OP is that kids who get 504 are often highly gifted, with some learning challenges.  For example a lot of kids with high verbal or performance IQs have slow processing speed as measured by neuropsych tests.  So the ones who qualify for 504 are generally high functioning students who may have certain strengths but may need accommodations to level the playing field vis a vis their challenges, with the main accommodations being extended time. Hence the term twice exceptional (2E). Kids who are exceptional in terms of ability without any special challenges will do very well on the tests regardless.[/quote]

But isn't processing speed a part of the test?  Don't the schools have a right to know that the playing field was "leveled?" Why wouldn't you tell the school that the kid got extra time?  Then, the answer is, "the kid is super smart, but needed more time."  That is an accurate representation of reality.

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Not necessarily. Maybe thinking speed is--I don't know. To me P rocessing speed means information processing speed. My kid thinks fast but takes info in slowly.

Are you really interested in a college's "rights"?  They have a workaround. Colleges offer accommodations like extended time to students with special needs like slow processing. So they don't need this info to evaluate students and it would be discriminatory to ask. [/quote]

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