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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If psychologists tested the entire population of students who score at or above the 80th percentile rank on the SAT, the majority of the students would come out with at least one processing area that was lower than the others since most people have a profile of strengths and weaknesses. An articulate psychologist can then write that up justifying extra time.

If your Verbal IQ, Fluid Reasoning, and Visual Spatial ability are above the 80th percentile rank, you have 
a higher chance of having lower processing speed (and it is 2 different 2 minute tests - so 4 minutes in total) due to regression toward the mean and the fact that processing speed does not correlate as strongly into overall intelligence. So someone could sneeze, be cautious, double check their work and their processing speed goes down- but that is good for extra time on the SAT. 
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I think I mentioned this earlier on this thread, but slow processing on its own does not get considered for accommodations on the SAT or ACT.  There must be some other condition present such as ADHD or dyslexia.  Just because a kid tests and exhibits below average processing does not mean he will be granted extended time.  Slow processing speed is one possible symptom of a condition, but slow processing on its own is not a diagnosis that will get your kid extra time on a test.

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That is why people pay the 3 to 5,000 dollars for a complete evaluation where they administer 40 to 50 subtests of various cognitive assessments. Most kids are going to score low in an area. Then have a parent rate their child as inattentive- seriously the criteria for ADHD is so vague - it is 6 characteristics such as:
1) often easily distracted by extraneous stimuli (what kid with a smart phone isn't easily distracted by constant texts - I am as an adult)
2 often does not seem to listen when spoken to directly ( I tell my kids 100 times to pick up their shoes, clothes, brush their teeth, turn off the tv, etc.)
3) Often avoids, dislikes, or is reluctant to engage in tasks that require sustained mental effort -e.g., schoolwork or homework ( my kids dislike homework and are reluctant to independently come home and begin homework.

You can diagnosis shop if you have the money. This is why 
 The College Board received (and approved 85 percent of) around 80,000 accommodation requests in 2010-11 and 160,000 requests in 2015-16!
So in five years the number doubled!

[/quote] That is out of ~1.36 million test takers.  [/quote]

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