Some parents/students were discussing a free retake but for incoming seniors, that can be difficult schedule-wise. I actually feel more sympathy for the high school students than kids like DS with much lower stakes. The problem with just retaking one section is that the score would be less reliable and likely inflated a bit. One of the challenges of the SAT is stamina in that you have to take a total of 10 sections (3 each in math,reading & writing plus 1 experimental) totaling 3 hours 45 minutes plus about 30 minutes filling out forms with only 3 five minutes breaks total.
Some parents/students feel that students who got the extra 5 minutes should keep the benefit of that extra time but an additional 25% time boost can really boost the scores, especially for the higher scoring students, according to other parents/students, which might negatively impact students who only took 20 minutes due to the "equating" process. What I don't understand is why students who didn't take any extra time can't have their sections scored.
