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As part of the settlement, the council agreed to double the standard testing time on each section and to allow the complainant breaks between sections, a separate and quiet testing area, permission to use his own computer for the writing section, permission to use scratch paper and use of an alternative answer sheet.

LSAT Blog wrote:So, while they're still denying nursing moms extra time on the LSAT to pump breastmilk (http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 6&t=167563), LSAC just reached a settlement with the Justice Department over this case of a test-taker with ADD and a learning disability:

As part of the settlement, the council agreed to double the standard testing time on each section and to allow the complainant breaks between sections, a separate and quiet testing area, permission to use his own computer for the writing section, permission to use scratch paper and use of an alternative answer sheet.

The test-taker in question has "received testing accommodations from elementary school through his graduation in three years from the University of Minnesota in 2009, including on national standardized tests such as PSAT, SAT and Advanced Placement exams."

More details at http://www.startribune.com/local/131068848.html

Angrygeopolitically wrote:I'm sorry I started reading your post but then my video game just called to me; what- i'm at home right now-oops I thought I was texting. So what is this post about?

*documented evidence

tedler wrote:

"They are of the belief that giving extra time is giving an advantage, but there is no credible proof that that's the case."

I'd like to have a word with this fellow...

RedShift wrote:I fail to see how half of those accommodations are even relevant to ADD. Extra time and breaks I get, but using a computer? Alternative answer sheet? Maybe I'm not familiar enough with the symptoms of the disorder, but those don't appear necessary for someone who can't focus and/or is hyperactive.

In at least some English universities they allow students with dyslexia and the like extra time on all exams, but they also stamp their transcripts to identify them as students who receive special accommodations. I like the idea, personally. By putting an asterisk next to their grades and standardized test scores you alert graduate programs and possibly some employers to the issue and let them figure out how to handle it.

RedShift wrote:I fail to see how half of those accommodations are even relevant to ADD. Extra time and breaks I get, but using a computer? Alternative answer sheet? Maybe I'm not familiar enough with the symptoms of the disorder, but those don't appear necessary for someone who can't focus and/or is hyperactive.

In at least some English universities they allow students with dyslexia and the like extra time on all exams, but they also stamp their transcripts to identify them as students who receive special accommodations. I like the idea, personally. By putting an asterisk next to their grades and standardized test scores you alert graduate programs and possibly some employers to the issue and let them figure out how to handle it.

tmon wrote:

RedShift wrote:I fail to see how half of those accommodations are even relevant to ADD. Extra time and breaks I get, but using a computer? Alternative answer sheet? Maybe I'm not familiar enough with the symptoms of the disorder, but those don't appear necessary for someone who can't focus and/or is hyperactive.

In at least some English universities they allow students with dyslexia and the like extra time on all exams, but they also stamp their transcripts to identify them as students who receive special accommodations. I like the idea, personally. By putting an asterisk next to their grades and standardized test scores you alert graduate programs and possibly some employers to the issue and let them figure out how to handle it.

I thought all LSAT-takers who received accommodations had a note on the score report designating so? Is that not the case?

lsatprepguy wrote:

RedShift wrote:I fail to see how half of those accommodations are even relevant to ADD. Extra time and breaks I get, but using a computer? Alternative answer sheet? Maybe I'm not familiar enough with the symptoms of the disorder, but those don't appear necessary for someone who can't focus and/or is hyperactive.

In at least some English universities they allow students with dyslexia and the like extra time on all exams, but they also stamp their transcripts to identify them as students who receive special accommodations. I like the idea, personally. By putting an asterisk next to their grades and standardized test scores you alert graduate programs and possibly some employers to the issue and let them figure out how to handle it.

Well LSAC notes that the test was taken under accomodations I think

tedler wrote:If law schools are actually able to discriminate based on the "asterisk" (as they should be), it kind of defeats the purpose, doesn't it?

dhrizek wrote:So is he going to bill half price when he becomes a lawyer?

Double time is a guaranteed 180 for me, no question. That's BS. I can see them giving him an extra 5 minutes and a bathroom break, but double time?

Bildungsroman wrote:I'd like to know what the unspecified learning disability is that the article mentions this guy as having. For all we know it could justify these accommodations.

Although if you'd all prefer to get mad on imperfect information then I can yield to the complaints of DEY TURK ER SCORES.