August 9, 2002

ACT to Stop Flagging Scores of Disabled Students Who Need Extra Time on Test

Following the College Board's lead, ACT Inc. announced last month that it will stop flagging the scores of disabled students who received extra time to complete the test.

ACT now marks the score reports of those students with the word "special" when sending the results to colleges. The change comes two weeks after the College Board reached a legal settlement with a disability-rights group and agreed to stop flagging its tests.

For now, the practice will continue on two other

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