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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really want to see this extra time scam go away. I’d like ACT and SAT to have to disclose the exact accommodations. But I know this won’t happen.

Instead I invite everyone to get their kids extra time. Go to an ed psych and explain how you think your dc is slow and not performing to his potential. Have your dc absolutely bomb the processing speed subtests. It’s not hard to explain to your kid how and why. Done.

If more and more people do this hopefully this will change for the better. [/quote]

My DC had extra time because he had a reader and a scribe.  Both take longer to take tests as a result.  It has to go through two brains ad the scribe frequently doesnt write very fast.  He received 50% extra time as a result. [/quote]

Is your DC in a private school?  Do you pay for the reader and the scribe?  I am am curious.  If your DC is in a public school and the school system pays for the reader and the scribe, will colleges, whether public or private, also pay for the reader and the scribe?  Will employers also pay?  I genuinly don't know the answer to this.  I am asking to be aware of the opportunities that exist out there.  TIA.[/quote]

DC went to public.  For tests in school, he would go to the LD office and someone there would read and scribe for him.  For SOLs, they had a set place for him to go. For SATs, they have set places to take them with accommodations.  One of his high school teachers went through he SAT training and ended up being his scribe and reader.  SATs do not charge more fr accommodations, nor should they.  In school, his accommodations were part of his IEP.  He is currently in college, and gets the electronic version of a reader and a scribe.

Software is really great, he will not need a scribe or reader in his future job.  He can use word predictive software and r=text to speech functions quite easily.  Microsoft has it built right into their system now.  He will need someone to look over things before he sends something out, but this is common practice for everyone in most offices I have been employed.

Standardized test places dont like using the student’s laptop with the built in software because it allows students to access outside things during the test.  Having a scribe/reader controls for that.  This is not a factor in “the real world”. [/quote]

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