[blindlaw] text of LSAC's letter to accompany non-standard LSATadministration

[ckrugman at sbcglobal.net]

It would almost be better for a blind to take the test without the extra 
time accommodations if it is at all possible.
Chuck
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephanie Enyart" <stephanie_enyart at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 11:36 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] text of LSAC's letter to accompany non-standard 
LSATadministration


> Hello all,
> Since Haben asked about the type of communication that will accompany any
> non-standard test (any test taken with extended time due to a disability)
> here is a copy of what the LSAC sends with the score report to law 
> schools:
>
> "Dear Colleague:
> This candidate took a __fill in test date___ LSAT under nonstandard timing
> conditions in order to accommodate his or her disability. The nonstandard
> test this candidate received was administered on or about the same test 
> date
> as the corresponding standard administration.
> Because this candidate's score was earned under nonstandard timing
> conditions, it is important to note that the degree of comparability of 
> this
> score to scores earned under standard conditions cannot be determined. The
> LSAC's Cautionary Policies Concerning LSAT Scores and Related Services
> explain:
> LSAC has no data to demonstrate that scores earned under accommodated
> conditions have the same meaning as scores earned under standard 
> conditions.
> Because the LSAT has not been validated in its various accommodated forms,
> accommodated tests are identified as nonstandard, and an individual's 
> scores
> from accommodated tests are not averaged with scores from tests taken 
> under
> standard conditions. The fact that accommodations were granted for the 
> LSAT
> should not be dispositive evidence that accommodations should be granted
> once a test taker becomes a student. The accommodation needed for a 
> one-day
> multiple choice test may be different from those needed for law school
> course work and examinations."
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Haben Girma
> Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 9:39 AM
> To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] LSAT Accommodations?
>
>
> Is there a fact sheet out there that reveals what percentage of a
> university's student body is disabled?
>
> Haben
>
> James Pepper wrote:
>> They probably do that, I know that one of thee Coolge entrance exams does
>> it, but I am not sure if it is the SAT or the ACT but they inform the
>> schools eactly which devices were used to take the test.  I think it is
> both
>> of them.  This is how colleges can know who is disabled and who is not
>> without actually asking the student if they are disabled or not.  It is a
>> great way to get around the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
>> And this is good for colleges that do not have a high percentage of
> students
>> who are disabled because they will most certainly accept you once they
>> realize you are disabled, to satisfy their requirements to not be
> considered
>> discriminatory.  But your chances of graduating from that situation is 
>> not
>> as good as a college that accepts the disabled on a regular basis.  Of
>> course state schools are more likely to handle the disabled with respect,
>> since they are more in tune with the consequences of discriminiation. 
>> But
>> if you are competing with a lot of other disabled students to get into a
>> college that is a good college for the blind, then you will probably be
>> judged on your abilities based on being disabled and not the general
>> population.  Because they will probably only admit a certain amount of
>> students who are disabled as the disabled tend to cost the university a
> lot
>> more than non disabled.
>>
>> Since most people do not know they are doing this type of profiling, they
>> have gotten away with it since 1973.
>>
>> You all are lawyers, can you stop this nonsense because colleges accept
> the
>> blind and disabled in proportion to their numbers in the population, but
>> they don't graduate them in any proportion to the numbers they accept.
>>
>> James Pepper
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