But if we ignore the recommendations made using the criteria recognised for
all at earlier stages, how do we ensure that exam arrangements made for
students with dyslexia in HE are fair (i.e made on the basis of criteria
which would apply to any student attending any institution)?
Joyce McCulloch
Student Adviser (Dyslexia)
Student Support Services
APU
East Road
Cambridge
CB1 1PT
01223 363271 ex. 2814
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Jones" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: extra exam time
> We ignore recommendations made by Ed Psychs all the time. The exams
> issue is not an exact science and it is difficult to give one student 10
> mins per hour, another 15 and another 20, students who may well have a
> similar profile, just because their particular ed psych has copy and
> pasted their standard recommendation into a report. Nor has the Ed
> Psych any idea of the demands of a particular course / exam that the
> student may take, especially when the report could well have been
> produce a few years previous. Ed Psychs will also pontificate about
> technology of which they know little if anything. Universities using a
> tame Ed psych would be advised to dissuade them from making too many
> specific recommendations in their diagnostic reports. The Assessment
> Centres charge enough for doing that.
>
> Bryan Jones,
> Manager, Disability Support Services
> & North London Regional Access Centre,
> Middlesex University
> Tel: 020 8411 5366
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Quinn, Christine
> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 9:51 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: extra exam time
>
>
> It would be unwise to ignore any recommendations made by the Ed Psych.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bryan Jones
> Sent: 26 July 2005 09:36
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: extra exam time
>
> Indeed. What happens is that Disability Officers read the Ed Psych
> report, including the background of the student and what if anything
> they have had in terms of support previously, looks at what is said
> about verbal comprehension, auditory sort term memory, reading speed,
> reading comprehension, writing speed, handwriting style, verbal IQ,
> performance IQ, ignore the bit where it recommends a lap top with voice
> recognition and then you give them a 25% additional time allowance in
> all exams.
>
> Bryan Jones,
> Manager, Disability Support Services
> & North London Regional Access Centre,
> Middlesex University
> Tel: 020 8411 5366
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Quinn, Christine
> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 5:12 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: extra exam time
>
>
> We look to the Ed Psych's report to inform us of how much extra time is
> required.
>
> Chris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bernard Doherty
> Sent: 25 July 2005 16:52
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: extra exam time
>
> I think the best plan is to take what happened in earlier exams as a
> minimum. The principle here is that students are taken on according to
> their previous academic achievement, which in part is a product of
> earlier support arrangements. The students' results are expected to be
> an indicator of how well they will do on the proposed course.
>
> I recognise that this shifts responsibility for the decision away from
> HEIs, but if there is to be debate, I think it would be more fairly
> conducted with regional exam boards rather than individual students. Why
> some universities reduce extra time from 15 minutes an hour (which seems
> a national standard at A level) to 10 minutes an hour (or six, in one
> case) remains a mystery.
>
> Regards, Bernard
>
> Quoting Victoria Adams <[log in to unmask]>:
>
> > Hello
> >
> >
> >
> > Could anyone please help as we have an issue with regards to extra
> > exam time regarding students with specific learning difficulties and
> > how much extra time they should receive. Our understanding is that the
>
> > educational psychologist report is to determine the extra time
> > allocations but we have heard that some institutions have their own
> > policies in place regarding extra time.
> >
> > What is the standard?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks for your help
> >
> >
> >
> > Victoria Adams
> >
> > VIVID Project Worker
> >
> > The College of St Mark and St John
> >
> > Plymouth
> >
> >
> >
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> >
> >
> >
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