The College Board feels the burden of proving that flagged reports are necessary.
"There is a lot of pressure from other testing services to remove flagging from score reports," Brian
O'Reilly, Executive Director of the SAT said. "We have to explain why our behavior is different [from ETS]."
With each moment taken up by the panel's selection, the testing service fears that the panel recommendation will be made without having adequately researched the variable of untamed testing.
"Good research takes 2 to 3 years to complete," O'Reilly said.
As of yet, there have been no studies to compare the performance of learning disabled students and normal students when the exam is taken without time restrictions.
The last major study the College Board conducted on learning disabilities and the SAT is 15 years old.
Currently, a study concluded in January is the only current data about the effect of time on test performance. The study, conducted under regular testing conditions using the experimental section of the exam, made the number of problems in each section the variable.
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