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in response to reader comment: LD's not an indication of lower IQ.

Submitted by Jill Richardson, Aug 18, 2007 00:35

The article doesn't mention intelligence in relation to learning disabilities, but what is the factor in rating intelligence if it is not the speed at which one can solve a problem? If speed is not a factor, why is everything, from the SAT to math quizzes, timed? Students who unnecessarily receive extra time are to a certain extent doing better than students who don't receive extra time. I know brilliant students who cannot get into Ivy League schools, and it does seem unusual to me that students with learning disabilities are being accepted over slews of valedictorians.

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Dyslexics and Ivy League schools [56 words]	kim Houser	Oct 3, 2007 23:06
↔ Professionals With Dyslexia Advocate for Untimed Tests [89 words]	Leslie N	Feb 8, 2008 10:50
LD most often equals" lazy disabled" [75 words]	Bill	Sep 3, 2007 22:27
↔ Wow! I can't believe what you just said!!!!! [244 words]	Christine Graffer	Jan 3, 2008 12:04
↔ Took the words right out of my mouth [197 words]	Pamela	Feb 27, 2008 09:51
Time limits inappropriate [125 words]	Ken O'Connor	Aug 24, 2007 23:15
extra time for homework too... [140 words]	Maria	Aug 20, 2007 07:10
buying SAT scores [41 words]	syd	Aug 17, 2007 21:49
↔ high perceptages [48 words]	Karen	Aug 18, 2007 00:18
↔ Extra time appropriate only if the student has a documented disability [232 words]	Gretchen	Aug 22, 2007 10:56
LD's not an indication of lower IQ. [45 words]	Christine	Aug 17, 2007 19:19
↔ ⇒ Reply Learning Disabilities [97 words]	Jill Richardson	Aug 18, 2007 00:35
↔ EXTRA TIME LEVELS THE PLAYING FIELD FOR LD STUDENTS [71 words]	NANCY SIMONETTI	Oct 3, 2007 16:40
Total Lack of Understanding [66 words]	Betsy Smith	Aug 17, 2007 19:09
↔ lack of understanding my foot [224 words]	close friend	Aug 18, 2007 13:03
disappointed [157 words]	Beth	Aug 17, 2007 17:20
↔ know your facts [74 words]	jan kerr	Aug 20, 2007 22:24
Get more information [134 words]	Doreen Engel	Aug 17, 2007 10:02
check the research!!! [181 words]	mary b.	Aug 17, 2007 04:10
Untimed Test article overstates the situation [227 words]	Pat O'Brien	Aug 17, 2007 02:59
reply to Barbara's comment [258 words]	Linda	Aug 17, 2007 01:27
My child is slow, but doesn't have extra time [225 words]	Barbara Wilson	Aug 16, 2007 21:26
↔ Genetics means families can have many exceptional children [83 words]	Gretchen	Aug 22, 2007 11:13
Unfair comments by some [217 words]	julie	Aug 16, 2007 20:49
↔ Ivy Prison [28 words]	angry father	Aug 16, 2007 22:25
↔ Angry father off the mark [124 words]	Lee	Aug 17, 2007 17:08
↔ response to unfair cmments and angry father [124 words]	LeeAnn	Aug 18, 2007 10:14
↔ response [100 words]	Barbara Wilson	Aug 18, 2007 13:16
↔ IQ and LD [174 words]	Gretchen	Aug 22, 2007 11:27
Solution: Untimed tests for all students [280 words]	Linda Neal	Aug 16, 2007 14:48
↔ Reply Extra Time [198 words]	Jill Richardson	Aug 16, 2007 21:09
↔ best solution [60 words]	Carreme	Aug 17, 2007 11:08
↔ You still don't get it! [122 words]	Christine Graffer	Jan 3, 2008 12:23
SAT test and dyslexia [132 words]	Kurt	Aug 16, 2007 11:03

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