Should children with ADD get extra time on test.

yourworld
Sun, 17 Jul 2005 16:26:00 +0000

First off, Tom Cruise is a no post partum expert - he’s never bored a child !

Back to ADD, so many variations and there seemed to be ADD kids with learning disability ( even so a range of disability exists too, from so mild that one can overcome with determination, to severe ) to ADD kids who blows everyone away. I know someone like that and He’s at Harvard too.

This is a tough one and no one solution is fair. Like if ur given extra time to ADD kids who really need it, its unfair to ones who didn’t ask for it and still did well (could they have done better w more time?).

I am leaning toward a system like this. For those truly have been diagnosed, the medical community should come out with classes like class I ADD, Class II…etc. Questions on SAT are scaled back like for Class I you need to answer 18 of 20 math questions, class II (more serious) 16 of 20 math questions. Will that work ? To give more time on the same tests would mean proctors would have to stay longer. And if u have to change portion of SAT, the non-ADD students will have to take a longer break ? That doesn’t work. So a slightly scaled back exam might be the answer.

Are there better solution out there ?

Hey I just thought of another solution. Take same exam, do as many as you can but ADD classed students will be added automatic points. Kind of an affirmative action plan for SAT ? yeah I know this one is full of potential weaknesses, too.

Unrelated: VTBoy, I am sure the reason I did poorly on my last exam was due to my undiagnosed ADD. Get real, man.