In an announcement last week, the Educational Testing Service said that it would stop marking test scores for people with disabilities who often take tests under special conditions.

The Graduate Record Examination, Graduate Management Admission Test, Praxis and Test of English as a Foreign Language are some of the tests that will be affected by the new policy.

However, the testing service also administers medical and law school examinations, SATs and ACTs — all of which were not included in the change. In effect, this major victory for people with disabilities is hindered by the fact that many common tests could still be flagged in the future. It is imperative that the College Board, which owns the rights to the testing, reassess its policy and eliminate its flagging system as well.

The announcement came on the heels of a lawsuit filed by Californian Mark Breimhorst, who was given more time to take a management test because he has a physical disability. His test was then flagged with the notation "Scores Obtained Under Special Conditions," by testing services.

Because of his disability, Breimhorst received extra time, which was meant to give him a fair shot at taking the test. So why, then, was his test flagged and marked for employers and universities to view if it was intended to be equivalent to tests taken by other students?

His test clearly should not have been marked in the first place.

While applying to business schools, Breimhorst was rejected, and thus, cited the flagging system as discriminatory in the lawsuit against the testing service.

Because this settlement does not cover common standardized tests, a large portion of test scores will continue to have flags attached to them. The SAT has the most accommodations made for students, with about 50,000 tests administered this year under special conditions.

Those 50,000 students simply should not have to worry about whether the schools of their choice will accept them despite their disabilities.

The practice of flagging standardized tests is not necessary. Students who have physical or learning disabilities take tests under special conditions and their private business shouldn't be accessible through certain test scores.