The dyslexic kids who get into Ivy League Schools usually don't get in because they are getting more time for... [MORE]

kim Houser

Oct 3, 2007 23:06

I am working with an MD who is dyslexic, Garth Vaz @ www.gvazmd.com, to advocate for untimed tests. Dr. Vaz... [MORE]

Leslie N

Feb 8, 2008 10:50

My son was an LD student and also was a D-F student until beginning his junior year of high school... [MORE]

Bill

Sep 3, 2007 22:27

Sir, It is people like you who make comments like this that really sets the fairness scale of children and adults... [MORE]

Christine Graffer

Jan 3, 2008 12:04

Wow Christine!! You took the words right out of my mouth. I have the exact same situation where my oldest... [MORE]

Pamela

Feb 27, 2008 09:51

There should be no time limit on any test unless time and pressure are part of what is being evaluated;... [MORE]

Ken O'Connor

Aug 24, 2007 23:15

Sure, at first blush it doesn't seem fair... But, I'm sure if the author thought about it, she wouldn't wan't... [MORE]

Maria

Aug 20, 2007 07:10

things are going to be harere this year. I have received a few of these articles this summer through professional... [MORE]

syd

Aug 17, 2007 21:49

The percentages at many of these New York private schools are approaching 25%. Miss Paxton pointed out that half the... [MORE]

Karen

Aug 18, 2007 00:18

25% seems a rather high percentage, and makes me wonder if the people asking "who gets extra time" are actually... [MORE]

Gretchen

Aug 22, 2007 10:56

Miss Paxton obviously is not aware that learning disabilities are not an indicator of lower intelligence. Just because one student... [MORE]

Christine

Aug 17, 2007 19:19

The article doesn't mention intelligence in relation to learning disabilities, but what is the factor in rating intelligence if it... [MORE]

Jill Richardson

Aug 18, 2007 00:35

When a student with a learning disability is given the accommodation of extra time for test taking, this is simply... [MORE]

NANCY SIMONETTI

Oct 3, 2007 16:40

This student shows a total lack of understanding regarding disabilities. The reason why students with disabilities can finally compete for... [MORE]

Betsy Smith

Aug 17, 2007 19:09

I know the student, and she is going to an Ivy League school (haven gotten there entirely on her own... [MORE]

close friend

Aug 18, 2007 13:03

As a High School special education teacher I was shocked to read this article. For several years, I have had... [MORE]

Beth

Aug 17, 2007 17:20

A a specialist in learning disorders, I too am greatly disappointed by the ignorant comments in this article. By... [MORE]

jan kerr

Aug 20, 2007 22:24

I am sorry that Miss Paxton feels that the situation is unfair, but I presume she is uninformed. As someone... [MORE]

Doreen Engel

Aug 17, 2007 10:02

Research has shown multiple times that the use of extra time is not valuable to the student who does not...

mary b.

Aug 17, 2007 04:10

Gentlemen: Accomodations for the SAT and ACT are given for verified learning disabilities for which the student has already received accomodations... [MORE]

Pat O'Brien

Aug 17, 2007 02:59

Barbara questioned the idea of overdiagnosing. I'm sure that in some cases this is true. Since you asked the question... [MORE]

Linda

Aug 17, 2007 01:27

Linda's statement that "It's the attitude. If it isn't a problem for me why should it be a problem for... [MORE]

Barbara Wilson

Aug 16, 2007 21:26

Because LDs have a genetic component, as does ADHD and certain other exceptionalities, they can run in families. In my family,... [MORE]

Gretchen

Aug 22, 2007 11:13

The first remark that really is most inaccurate is said almost at the beginning of this article...in that if a... [MORE]

julie

Aug 16, 2007 20:49

extra time should be eliminated. students with extra time and learning disabilities at Ivy League schools should be expelled, and... [MORE]

angry father

Aug 16, 2007 22:25

The presence of a learning disability in a student does not mean that the student is not a "smart person."... [MORE]

Lee

Aug 17, 2007 17:08

It is too bad that you don't understand that to have a specific learning disability a student must have at... [MORE]

LeeAnn

Aug 18, 2007 10:14

LeeAnn, do you honestly think that every student with extra time has a legitimate learning disability? The 3-4% record is... [MORE]

Barbara Wilson

Aug 18, 2007 13:16

One must, as others have commented, have at least an average IQ to be LD. There are people who are LD... [MORE]

Gretchen

Aug 22, 2007 11:27

As a dyslexia therapist in a public school and the parent of three children with ADHD and Dyslexia, one also... [MORE]

Linda Neal

Aug 16, 2007 14:48

Ms Neal, that's quite an assumption you are making. Miss Paxton might have a learning disability and choose not to... [MORE]

Jill Richardson

Aug 16, 2007 21:09

I totally agree with Linda Neal in that everyone should have untimed tests. If the research shows that there is... [MORE]

Carreme

Aug 17, 2007 11:08

Please try to understand that the problem that dyslexic people have is how they process information. Having extra time just... [MORE]

Christine Graffer

Jan 3, 2008 12:23

I wish when I took the SAT test I had to opertoonty to have a comdtion I tooking in the... [MORE]

Kurt

Aug 16, 2007 11:03