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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not a big fan of accommodations.[/quote]

So, my kid with 13th percentile processing speed shouldn't get more time on tests? Why, exactly? 
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For the same reason my kid with 13th percentile sprinting speed shouldn't get a 40-meter head start in the 100 meter dash.[/quote]

That's a stupid analogy.

The 100-meter dash is a competition to run the fastest. Speed is the point.

The SAT is an assessment of knowledge. If you know geometry, it doesn't matter if it takes you 30 minutes to answer a series of geometry questions and not 15. There are lots of areas of study (and professions) that don't require speed.[/quote]

If that's the case then all kids should get the extra time. Supposedly it's a test of knowledge not speed and if so the option of extra time should be open to any kid that wants it. The fact that many parents of kids that get extra time are opposed to that indicates it is really about competition after all since they know NT kids would ALSO do better if given more time on a timed test. [/quote]

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