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What are College Board special accommodations?

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What are College Board special accommodations?

The College Board offers a wide range of accommodations, such as large-print and braille test books, tests in MP3 audio format, and extended time. Once a student is approved to use accommodations on a College Board test, the accommodations are guaranteed—as long as SSD deadlines are met.

How do I get my College Board test accommodations?

Students must get approval from the College Board Services for Students with Disabilities before they can use accommodations while taking AP Exams or the SAT, PSAT/NMSQT, or PSAT 10. Working with your child’s school is the fastest and easiest way to request accommodations.

What are the four types of accommodations?

Accommodations are typically grouped into four categories: presentation, response, setting, and timing and scheduling.

What is College Board SSD accommodations letter?

For most College Board exams, testing with accommodations requires SSD approval. Approval by the College Board’s Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) is always required before students can take the PSAT/NMSQT, PSAT 10, SAT, or AP Exams with accommodations.

What are test accommodations?

What Are Testing Accommodations? Testing accommodations are changes to the regular testing environment and auxiliary aids and services2 that allow individuals with disabilities to demonstrate their true aptitude or achievement level on standardized exams or other high-stakes tests.

What is a 504 plan?

504 Plan Defined The 504 Plan is a plan developed to ensure that a child who has a disability identified under the law and is attending an elementary or secondary educational institution receives accommodations that will ensure their academic success and access to the learning environment.

Can you get extra time on AP tests?

When students are approved by the College Board for extended time, they may be approved in some or all of five competencies (reading, mathematical calculation, written expression, listening, and speaking). They will receive extended time only for sections impacted by their disabilities.

What are testing accommodations?

What are examples of accommodations?

Examples of accommodations include:

  • sign language interpreters for students who are deaf;
  • computer text-to-speech computer-based systems for students with visual impairments or Dyslexia;
  • extended time for students with fine motor limitations, visual impairments, or learning disabilities;

What are considered reasonable accommodations?

Reasonable accommodation is a means used to put an end to any situation of discrimination based on disability, religion, age or any other ground prohibited by the Charter. Accommodating a person may involve adapting a practice, or a general operating rule or granting an exemption to a person in facing discrimination.

What does SSD Coordinator mean?

Services for Students with Disabilities
Services for Students with. Disabilities (SSD) Coordinator Handbook. This handbook is to help prepare Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) coordinators for requesting and administering accommodations and supports for the state-provided SAT® Suite of Assessments.

What is an example of a reasonable accommodation?

Examples of Reasonable Accommodations Acquiring or modifying equipment or devices such as adjusting a desk height to accommodate an employee who uses a wheelchair or providing an employee with quadriplegia a mouth stick device to type on their computer.