It's only been 8 years since ETS (administrators of SAT, GMAT, etc.) ended its practice of flagging exam scores taken under nonstandard conditions (e.g. accommodations like extra time).Yes, until October, 2003 (the year I graduated from high school), if you took the SAT with any type of accommodations (extra time, separate room,etc.) it was "flagged" as non-standard. Specifically, there would be an asterisk next to the score with a note that'd read "Nonstandard Administration." So a 1200 and a 1200* Nonstandard Administration weren't the same thing. It's hard to believe this happened only a few years ago.
Sources:
http://educationnext.org/disablingthesat/
http://www.carolinajournal.com/exclusives/display_exclusive.html?id=1267
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