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From: Daniel L. MacIsaac <Dan.MacIsaac@nau.edu>I
No, I see this as a legal requirement for students identified as learning
disabled under the ADA. Agree or disagree, it happens to the be the law
in the USA. If this is pandering, you are legally required to pander.
Some places offer the opportunity to any student, but legally you MUST
offer this arrangement to identified LD students.
I also prepare my exams with the idea of minimizing the time dependancy.
give fewer questions designed to be done well within the given time, givestudents--regardless of
students as much time as I can and test much more frequently than most.
Dan M
Does anyone else see this as excessive pandering to
needthe test outcomes?
Rick Tarara
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From: Jim Diamond <jimd@calvin.linfield.edu>
We have a campus "Learning Center" where students who feel that they
supervision,alternate testing conditions can go and take a test under
anprovided that they fill out paperwork ahead of time. It is a bit of
arrangeextra chore for the teacher, since it is up to the instructor to
~~~~~~~~~~~with the learning center staff how to get the exams back and forth. Itell
all of my students about this option, and about 1/3 of our general
onlychemistry class elects to do this. It has been my experience that
on ararely does time really make a difference. The students who get 35%
exam get 35% even if they have all day to work on a one-hour test.