[etni] Re: Fw: Change in SAT Procedure Echoes in Disability Realm
- From: "Bari Nirenberg" <nirenber@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2003 10:43:57 +0200
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Interesting article. I agree with this:
"There is increasing buzz in the education world that the whole system of
obtaining accommodations has become so expensive, cumbersome and inequitable
that the College Board should scrap it, and either make all tests untimed or
give students the choice of taking them in three hours, four hours or more."
Since the ONLY accommodation mentioned in the article is extra time, I
honestly don't see what the big deal is. What would happen if the tests
were untimed or if students were given the choice to take them in more time?
Personally, I don't have a problem with giving ANY kid extra time to take a
test, regardless of whether or not he is learning disabled. Some kids just
work slower. So what? Though I do understand that it's unfeasible to allow
students to sit and take an exam all day long, I don't understand why exams
have to be written in such a way that kids feel like they have to work
quickly to finish them. What would happen if there were fewer questions?
Who says that if you can't answer x questions in y minutes you're not as
"smart" as someone who can? I think maybe what we should be looking at is
whether time restrictions are a true indication of intelligence or ability
rather than whether students are "buying" the accommodation that will allow
them extra time on an exam.
Bari
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> From: "Ellen Hoffenberg-Serfaty JD" <serf@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Change in SAT Procedure Echoes in Disability Realm
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> The following article circulated on the ALTLEARN list discusses
> how removal
> of "flags" on students with disabilities, and new procedures for obtaining
> increased time on SAT tests for college entrance in America are affecting
> the whole issue of accommodations for students with special needs.
>
> Ellen Serfaty
>
>
> Change in SAT Procedure Echoes in Disability Realm
> New York Times - November 8, 2003
>
> Last year, when the College Board announced that as of this fall
> it would no
> longer flag the SAT scores of students with disabilities who took the test
> with extended time, educators expected a flood of requests from savvy
> parents eager to secure every advantage for their children.
>
> But what has happened is more complicated - and unexpected -
> because of the
> College Board's increasing efforts to ensure that only students with
> well-documented disabilities received extra time . . . . .
>
> (Read the whole article at -
> www.etni.org.il/news/changeinsat.htm
> or
> www.etni.org/news/changeinsat.htm )
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