The struggle with dyslexia and SATs.
While all students might have a feeling of anxiety when it comes to SAT testing, the students that are gearing up to take their SATs are even more fearful and often believe that they might lose all the ground that they gained with their schooling. They expect to do low and recent test scores prove that is right.
My dyslexic students produce the most amazingly creative stories that I have ever read, but that is not deemed as important as knowing what a subordinate clause is
Laura Lurns · Learning Success expert
Key takeaways
- Dyslexic students do not take well to taking spoken instruction or working under timed conditions.
- Many students with dyslexia fear that SAT testing will make them stupider than before leaving elementary school.
- Students with low expectations of success are often the truth after receiving the results of their standardized testing scores.
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