I mean yeah, programs meant to house special needs children can have facilities set up like that.
It sounds similar to a mental ward, but one that aimed to utilize unconventional teaching practices to try to get them to catch up to others that are otherwise learning more conventionally.
The third party company factor makes a lot of sense actually, they are likely utilizing these tests for the future of developing programs to help combat the struggles of those at the deep ends of mental abnormality.
my brother went to the same place, and he started beating himself up and having seizure like episodes. my mom said they were experimenting on us. i know this is true, my friend elijah cotton at that time was given a medication that made him always sad, and he was a different person, and after he changed they mad him go to a different group. sometimes some kids in our group would all show the same change, and they would be separated, but we rarely ever had new people introduced to our group
stony brook is a really good school