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I’m
very surprised to learn today that one of our severely dyslexic students is
allowed to have a screen reader for his Functional Skills English READING
exam. No humans but a computer is now fine to carry out the job. I
thought this was a misprint but no. This is not simply a magnification tool but
a piece of software such as JAWS that will read the text to him and am just
wondering whose reading ability is being tested here.
I
am all for students making the most of every concession they are eligible for
but am very surprised about this decision. C&G said with the
introduction of Functional Skills, they did not want to see apprentices being
held back.
Lorraine Wood
Assessment & Accreditation Officer
Carshalton College Exams Dept
Mon - Thurs
020 8544 4320
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