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Anonymous wrote:I have seen it in some private schools and not others. If it's an accommodation your school offers, then you can ask for it. They may ask to have the tester that you used weigh in.

At the schools I know, kids need to figure out the formulas they will need, and copy them onto an index card that is approved by a teacher. They don't get a formula sheet made by someone else.

How about on the SAT?

I certainly hope not! Come on.

Oh no, lets not mess with the integrity of the SAT 🙄

Look, giving only some kids the formulas is obviously a bridge too far. If any kids get them all kids should.

All kids do. You can stop complaining now.

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Anonymous wrote:I would ask for one, it sounds perfectly reasonable. I use statistics on a regular basis but I don't have to recall the formulas for what I am doing from memory. I am using a computer program that does the actual calculation or I can look up the formula. Even if I think I know the formula, I double check that I have it correct so that my calculations are correct. I provided a formula sheet for the research methodology class that I taught because I fail to see the point of memorizing a formula. What matters is that the student understands when to use the formula and can use the formula properly. A sheet of formulas is fine.

*everyone* would do better if they got the formulas. accommodations are supposed to level the playing field, not give an unfair advantage.

Not *everyone* has testing demonstrating a learning difference. Accommodations are targeted for the student and their learning difference. Sounds like you have an ax to grind.

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Anonymous wrote:I have seen it in some private schools and not others. If it's an accommodation your school offers, then you can ask for it. They may ask to have the tester that you used weigh in.

At the schools I know, kids need to figure out the formulas they will need, and copy them onto an index card that is approved by a teacher. They don't get a formula sheet made by someone else.

How about on the SAT?

I certainly hope not! Come on.

Oh no, lets not mess with the integrity of the SAT 🙄

Look, giving only some kids the formulas is obviously a bridge too far. If any kids get them all kids should.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have seen it in some private schools and not others. If it's an accommodation your school offers, then you can ask for it. They may ask to have the tester that you used weigh in.

At the schools I know, kids need to figure out the formulas they will need, and copy them onto an index card that is approved by a teacher. They don't get a formula sheet made by someone else.

How about on the SAT?

Go to page 32. The formulas are given to all students.

https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/sat-practice-test-1-digital.pdf

OP can you give an example of what formulas?

The SAT mainly has geometric formulas. Area of a circle Pi^2r Area of a rectangle = lw A =1⁄2bh; c^2 = a^2 + b^2 ; volume
Special Right Triangles; The sum of the measures in degrees of the angles of a triangle is 180.

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Anonymous wrote:I would ask for one, it sounds perfectly reasonable. I use statistics on a regular basis but I don't have to recall the formulas for what I am doing from memory. I am using a computer program that does the actual calculation or I can look up the formula. Even if I think I know the formula, I double check that I have it correct so that my calculations are correct. I provided a formula sheet for the research methodology class that I taught because I fail to see the point of memorizing a formula. What matters is that the student understands when to use the formula and can use the formula properly. A sheet of formulas is fine.

*everyone* would do better if they got the formulas. accommodations are supposed to level the playing field, not give an unfair advantage.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have seen it in some private schools and not others. If it's an accommodation your school offers, then you can ask for it. They may ask to have the tester that you used weigh in.

At the schools I know, kids need to figure out the formulas they will need, and copy them onto an index card that is approved by a teacher. They don't get a formula sheet made by someone else.

How about on the SAT?

Go to page 32. The formulas are given to all students.

https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/sat-practice-test-1-digital.pdf

OP can you give an example of what formulas?

The SAT mainly has geometric formulas. Area of a circle Pi^2r Area of a rectangle = lw A =1⁄2bh; c^2 = a^2 + b^2 ; volume
Special Right Triangles; The sum of the measures in degrees of the angles of a triangle is 180.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know what your deal is but the world has changed since 1995. People can use technology and resources available to them.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have seen it in some private schools and not others. If it's an accommodation your school offers, then you can ask for it. They may ask to have the tester that you used weigh in.

At the schools I know, kids need to figure out the formulas they will need, and copy them onto an index card that is approved by a teacher. They don't get a formula sheet made by someone else.

How about on the SAT?

Go to page 32. The formulas are given to all students.

https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/sat-practice-test-1-digital.pdf

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I would ask for one, it sounds perfectly reasonable. I use statistics on a regular basis but I don't have to recall the formulas for what I am doing from memory. I am using a computer program that does the actual calculation or I can look up the formula. Even if I think I know the formula, I double check that I have it correct so that my calculations are correct. I provided a formula sheet for the research methodology class that I taught because I fail to see the point of memorizing a formula. What matters is that the student understands when to use the formula and can use the formula properly. A sheet of formulas is fine.

*everyone* would do better if they got the formulas. accommodations are supposed to level the playing field, not give an unfair advantage.

Agreed. Give them the formula list. Perfectly fine. I don't know a professional who is hand jamming equations for projects at work. we all use excel or STATA or SPSS or any number of programs that have the formulas pre-loaded. There is no good reason to memorize the formulas.

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Anonymous wrote:I would ask for one, it sounds perfectly reasonable. I use statistics on a regular basis but I don't have to recall the formulas for what I am doing from memory. I am using a computer program that does the actual calculation or I can look up the formula. Even if I think I know the formula, I double check that I have it correct so that my calculations are correct. I provided a formula sheet for the research methodology class that I taught because I fail to see the point of memorizing a formula. What matters is that the student understands when to use the formula and can use the formula properly. A sheet of formulas is fine.

*everyone* would do better if they got the formulas. accommodations are supposed to level the playing field, not give an unfair advantage.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have seen it in some private schools and not others. If it's an accommodation your school offers, then you can ask for it. They may ask to have the tester that you used weigh in.

At the schools I know, kids need to figure out the formulas they will need, and copy them onto an index card that is approved by a teacher. They don't get a formula sheet made by someone else.

How about on the SAT?

I certainly hope not! Come on.

Oh no, lets not mess with the integrity of the SAT 🙄

Look, giving only some kids the formulas is obviously a bridge too far. If any kids get them all kids should.

Anonymous wrote:I would ask for one, it sounds perfectly reasonable. I use statistics on a regular basis but I don't have to recall the formulas for what I am doing from memory. I am using a computer program that does the actual calculation or I can look up the formula. Even if I think I know the formula, I double check that I have it correct so that my calculations are correct. I provided a formula sheet for the research methodology class that I taught because I fail to see the point of memorizing a formula. What matters is that the student understands when to use the formula and can use the formula properly. A sheet of formulas is fine.