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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The elephant in the room that nobody wants to acknowledge is paying for test prep.  Affluent families who pay big money for someone to help their kids with test prep give their kids a huge advantage in this test required world.   Until someone figures out how to normalize for that, the whole system is still going to be messed up - test optional, test required, or whatever else!  Maybe scores should be reduced by 0.1 point for every dollar you pay for test prep (pay $1000 your score gets reduced 100 points) and require a legally binding agreement that if you lie about your costs you forfeit your acceptance [/quote]

Same with getting extra time. Head of learning specialty center reports 1/3 of the private school has extra time for various reasons yet psychologists will tell you much less than 1/3 of students have true disabilities requiring extra time. Keep in mind said school tests students to get accepted and one must have 85th%ile or above on WISC /ssat unless one is a teacher’s kid or a legacy and the vast majority secure the necessary score years before the parents secure them extra time on the SAT or ACT. No way 1/3 of this population has true learning disabilities needing extra time. [/quote]

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