Feds Eye Disparities in Supports for SAT, ACT

Education Week: As more states embrace the SAT or the ACT as their mandated high school test, a new gulf is opening between students with disabilities and those without, and it's caught the eye of the U.S. Department of Justice.

The department's civil rights division is gathering information about the practices of the College Board and ACT Inc. after persistent complaints that the testing organizations reject many requests for accommodations that are routinely provided by schools, such as extra time or frequent breaks.

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