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poltomb
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Problem with the timed questions for skills

Though it is good an all to give some limited time to these questions, so people don't just cheat and look up the answers, it is very disadvantageous to us with reading disabilities. I have never been diagnosed with any specific reading disability, but I do know that when I have perform exceptionally well on math/science tests but have always struggled with any kind of timed reading test, (I think way back to my ACT that I took) I likely have some sort of impedance. I am finding it ever difficult to finish reading the code of some of the questions before time runs out, let alone being able to also read the answer choices.

I do significantly better on the practical implementation questions, than the silly timed "what do you remember off the top of your head" or "read this page of code and what does it do, in 30 seconds". I am specifically troubled by the latter case. I do very poorly on these questions, only because I do not have ample time to finish reading.

Please take this into consideration when setting time limits or do away with them altogether, for these types of questions.
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