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Standardized tests and Learning disabilities?

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I have always scored low on tests. Does that mean

I am beyond help? How do you expect me to do

good on a standardized test when the test has material on it that never was presented to me to

begin with? Do I have a good point?

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  1. If you have a diagnosed learning disability you can ask for extra time on tests. You are intitled to it if you carry a diagnosis.

    Remember, nobody has seen the material on most standardized tests. It may mean studying harder or getting a tutor. As a student with a learning disabilty you have to work harder than most of the other students taking the test. Is it fair? Probably not. Unfortunately, it is the way of the world.

    Standardized tests are written in a way that the majority of students will pass them. Sadly, that means that some students will fall on the bottom of the bell curve. It's why I don't believe in the administration of standardized tests.

    Nobody is beyond help. Sometimes the system just makes you feel that way.


  2. I believe you have a good point. My daughter is autistic and she is bunched in with all the other students when they do testing and when the results come back it basically says she is totally dumb compared to the other students, yet for an autistic child she is very very smart and doing better than most people thought she would. I hate this kind of testing bunching everyone (even those with a learning disability) into one big group.

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