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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And yet, the argument is always made in terms of take away the extra time for SN kids instead of give everyone more (or enough) time, so that the tests assess knowledge/ability rather than speed.[/quote]

That is incorrect - people are asking for untimed tests or extra time for all. The ones opposing are the parents who have accomodations for their kids with their reasonings that extra time does not help, you don’t understand SN, etc.  They protest too much hence one begins to suspect that too much time has been given which helped their kids more than it should have.[/quote]

Nah, the NO EXTRA TIME FOR ANYONE-type poster(s) assert that everyone would get a perfect score with more time, but they don’t actually want to put that to the test.  I agree with the point that a PP (whom I otherwise disagree with) made re these tests being too easy — at least for differentiating among very talented and well-prepared students.  But time pressure isn’t the way to address that problem because “Who’s the fastest?” isn’t the relevant question. Better to have a more challenging test and give everyone enough time to take it.  [/quote]
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