Re: Dvorak vs GMAT and GRE

Keith Ratliff <[email protected]> Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:35:31 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.hardware.altkeyboards
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What do they do for foreign languages?

--Keith

On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 19:10, Paul Martzen <[email protected]> wrote:

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> GMAT and GRE are standardized testing services used to rank student
> applicants to graduate schools. There is absolutely no way they would
> allow or could be forced to allow personal keyboards or usb devices or
> personal programs for switching keyboards. Any of those options
> introduce the potential for cheating or damage to their systems. If
> test takers are to have a Dvorak option the GMAT and GRE will have to
> allow it and provide appropriate methods of switching.
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> In my communications and studies of the matter, it appeared to me that
> the medical necessity options were pretty limited and did not include
> Dvorak. Claiming a medical need to use Dvorak did not seem to be a
> situation that they would consider.
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> Paul Martzen
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