Private school students get fake ADHD diagnoses for 200-point boost to SAT, ACT after tests brought back by Ivy League

[Geee]

NY Post

Teenagers are getting bogus ADHD diagnoses to score extra time in standardized testing exams — and numbers are surging after the tests were reintroduced by elite Ivy League colleges.

Parents are taking their children to doctors and psychologists for letters saying they have the condition or other mental disabilities, then getting as much as 50% more time to sit tests.

It can mean a 200-point boost to an SAT score, one expert said.

To get extra time, the SAT and ACT’s administrators require that students provide documentation of a disability from a mental health professional.

As well as ADHD, conditions such as anxiety and depression can qualify students for time accommodations.

Colleges are not informed that applicants were given extra time or accommodations and the overall number of students considered disabled is not released by test administrators. 

 

But the Post spoke with students, parents, teachers, psychologists, and college admissions counselors who confirmed that the system is rife with abuse — which appears to have recently escalated in the wake of Yale and Dartmouth announcing they would start considering standardized test results again after ditching them during the pandemic.

“I get requests for ADHD testing accommodations all the time,” Dr. Camilo Ortiz, a clinical psychologist and professor of psychology at Long Island University, told The Post.

“Some parents are none too happy when I don’t agree the child has ADHD.”

[Valin]

58 minutes ago, Geee said:

NY Post

Parents are taking their children to doctors and psychologists for letters saying they have the condition or other mental disabilities, then getting as much as 50% more time to sit tests.

 

This Says A Great Deal about the parents. None Of It Good.

Next Up The Kids will Identify as black

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