[blindLaw] Should Standardized Tests Like LSAT Be Optional or Prohibited?

tim at timeldermusic.com tim at timeldermusic.com
Thu Apr 2 21:36:04 UTC 2020


I'm informally polling this group since folks who have struggled with accessible education and accommodations in LSAT may have interesting perspectives on the following.
Should higher education institutions such as law schools or colleges make standardized testing optional or should it ban them entirely?  
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/10/us/sat-act-uc-lawsuit.html

On one hand, the intersection of certain minority status and blindness may see increased enrollment based on high school grades alone.  On the other, individual blind students independent of minority status who don’t receive accommodations and good instruction in K-12/college but show aptitude on a single test with accommodations might lose opportunity.  The plaintiffs in this case take the position that people with disabilities would do better if standardized tests were prohibited from consideration.

I'm curious what others think.







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