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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]look, nobody is going to care about a handful of otherwise able dyslexic students who get acccomodations on exams and standardized tests. But when it starts to get to the point where 20% of highly privileged kids claim a disability ... that becomes an issue. [/quote]

Now you're literally making stuff up to get hysterical about.  No where near 20% of kids total receive accommodations on the SAT, ACT, etc.

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Nope. 7% is a nation-wide number. In affluent school districts it can be 20%. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-testing-accommodations-20120429-58-story.html[/quote]

Oh yes .. find the outlier that justifies your rage at all those nefarious special needs kids.  I would maybe give you something besides an eyeroll if the bigger problem weren't under-identification, lack of support, and lack of effective instruction all through school.

When Yale tested all kids in a sample school instead of doing only referral based testing, they found about 20% of kids have dyslexia.  This is just one disability.  Even allowing for overlap of populations (some kids have dyslexia, ASD, and ADHD) and the fact that not all kids take the ACT and SAT, the bigger issue is that only 7% of test takers receive accommodations for disabilities.
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