[blindlaw] Help request re MPRE / Bar Exam accommodations matter

Sat Dec 12 22:21:29 UTC 2009

When I went to take the LSAT, my proctor started out by informing me that he 
was "just a little hard-of-hearing." For a second, I panicked. In the end, I 
asked him to repeat b and d answers phonetically . I'm really glad he did 
that, because I wouldn't have gotten the score I did otherwise.

I also failed the MPRE the first time. I don't know if it was the proctor or 
not--I had a lot of other things going on at the time. But I didn't study 
that much more the second time, and my score increased 41 points. I did not 
really have confidence in the first proctor. But I don't know if we had some 
of those "b" and "d" issues or not. I was a little concerned that this 
person might not have fully blackened in some of the circles. But as I said, 
there were other issues that weren't related to the proctor. Either way, 
it's all over now!

Angie

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>I failed the MPRE the first time in CA because the reader could not hear 
>the
> difference between "b" and "d", and I didn't realize that until after the
> test!
>
> Cathryn Bonnette
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> Dear All,
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> As you may know, we are working on a case involving the denial of a
> test-taker's request to take the Bar Exam and MPRE using JAWS and 
> ZoomText.
> In connection with that matter,
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> 1.  Does anyone know anything about an optometrist named David Damari?
> 2.  Can anyone tell me of instances in which other standardized tests have
> allowed screen reader and/or screen magnification software to be used?
> 3.  Does anyone know of someone who ended up using a reader for the
> multi-state or the MPRE and has a horror story to share about using a
> reader?
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> Any help you can offer is appreciated.  Thank you!
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