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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I posted on the other thread about my DS who scored a 35 on the ACT using time and a half.  He had accommodations since 2nd grade when he was diagnosed with ADHD and slow processing.  In summer prior to 8th grade, he was tested again, and the same diagnosis held, but with the processing speed improving slightly.  He continued with his accommodations through 8th grade and high school.  He had time and a half to take the ACT in February of his junior year and scored a 35 -- one and done.  He has always been a strong test taker and very intelligent, so it did not come as a huge surprise, and we were thrilled.  That summer, in preparation for possibility of need for accommodations in college, he had his third neuro-psych test.  This test actually showed a very strong improvement in processing speed.  Apparently this is something that can improve as the brain develops.  We were thrilled to see this improvement and realized then that perhaps the accommodations he had for the ACT may not have been needed because of the stark improvement in processing speed.  Perhaps that explains the high score.  We will never know, but in our case, I would not say we "gamed the system."  We just got lucky.[/quote]

no, you did not get lucky.  you gamed the system.  [/quote]

Me again.  How can you claim someone games the system when they had a diagnosis at age 7?  Were we planning for his college entrance exams at age 7?  LOL[/quote]

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