ADHD symptoms and benefit from extended time testing accommodations.
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the relationship between ADHD symptoms, executive functioning problems, and benefit from extended time testing accommodations.


METHODS
College students completed a battery of measures assessing processing speed and reading fluency, reading comprehension (under two different time limits), symptoms of ADHD, executive functioning deficits, and perceptions of need for extended time.


RESULTS
Students reporting more symptoms of ADHD and executive functioning deficits actually benefited less from extended time, and students' perceptions of their timing needs did not predict benefit.


CONCLUSIONS
Students with more ADHD symptoms are less likely to use extended time effectively, possibly because of their associated executive functioning problems. These results suggest there may be little justification for examining a student's ADHD symptoms when making extended time accommodation decisions.
Elmira College, Elmira, NY, USA blovett@elmira.edu.
Benjamin J
BJ
Lovett
Illinois State University, Normal, IL, USA.
Ashley M
AM
Leja
D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity; D032882:Comprehension; D056344:Executive Function; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011932:Reading; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D058013:Test Taking Skills; D055815:Young Adult
ADHD; reading fluency; test accommodations