1.0 link 24486 <![CDATA[The Disability Gap]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eliot-schrefer/the-disability-gap_b_24486.html Nationwide, under 2% of students have learning disabilities severe enough to qualify for extra time on the SAT. In private school Manhattan, the percentage is substantially greater. And that means dramatically higher scores.

At Horace Mann high school in affluent Riverdale, New York, one of the top schools in the country, those who receive double time on tests are plentiful enough to qualify as their own segment of the student body. Known to their peers as 2Ts, they participate in the...

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