http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/02/24/feds-eye-disparities-in-supports-for-sat.html?tkn=YZQF7awHElKXHJS+e72flDC6QGNh1wiPFuVC&print=1
A small clip: As more states embrace the SAT or the ACT as their mandated high school test, a new gulf is opening between students with disabilities and those without, and it's caught the eye of the U.S. Department of Justice.
The department's civil rights division is gathering information about the practices of the College Board and ACT Inc. after persistent complaints that the testing organizations reject many requests for accommodations that are routinely provided by schools, such as extra time or frequent breaks.
That practice puts students with disabilities in a tough spot, particularly in the 23 states that now require high school students to take one of the two college-entrance exams. Students who can't get the testing accommodations they're used to can take the exams without them and risk a compromised performance, or, in some states, they can insist on their usual accommodations and give up a key benefit their non-accommodated peers receive: a "college-reportable" score.
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