Writing in the Boston Globe, Ron DePasquale provides more of the back and forth regarding whether some students and their families are using Learning Disabilities classification as a means to obtain extra time when taking the Scholastic Aptitude Tests. This should raise some folks’ blood pressure.
A Wayland High School guidance counselor has questioned the unusually high number of suburban students who receive extra time on the SAT college entrance exam because they have a learning disability, warning that some may not be truly disabled.
“Like everything else in life, the rich have access to things that others don’t, and kids with subtle learning issues can afford to pay a psychologist to call it a disability” and gain an edge on the test, said Norma Greenberg, guidance director at Wayland High School. “There are a hell of a lot more doing this now.”
Link to Mr. DePasquale’s story.
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You were right. It raised my blood pressure. I have no idea why the Big Lie continues to whine around. I don’t see stories complaining that rich kids can take expensive SAT prep courses….response on my blog The Big Lie Again
Liz, your Must Be SAT Saturday Again catalogs a lot of good information on this subject. There are a couple of additional posts on this blog here and here for those who are mining this topic. I think they came from both of us independently picking up the same story.–JohnL