Junior High/High School Section; PSAT/SAT/AP and ACT Tests
When to apply for accommodations on the PSAT/SAT?
▪My recommendation is to start the application process for the PSAT/SAT at least 3 months before your student's test date.
How to apply for accommodations on the PSAT/SAT/AP tests?
▪Contact your student's high school or junior high counselor.
▪The counselor will send you a consent form to fill out and send back to them.
▪Once this consent form is returned to the counselor, they will submit all the required documents for the request for accommodations.
▪It could take a few weeks to a month or two to receive a response by mail.
Important! Whatever accommodations that have been in place will be the only ones that will be considered. Make sure your IEP/504 accommodations are written clearly and concisely.
Caution! Some accommodations may cause your student to take the test over two days. Make sure you know what each of the accommodations are requiring.
*You may consider waiting to apply for accommodations until your student has completed a PSAT/SAT. They may not need the accommodations.
*Once you receive the accommodations, you do not need to apply for them again.
ACT
▪Register for the test first. When registering, you will be able to check off that you are requesting accommodations.
There is an option when registering to apply for accommodations. Fill that out.
▪ACT notifies your campus ACT accommodation coordinator. The campus coordinator will then gather the documents needed to apply for accommodations. The school may contact you to ask what accommodations that you want to request. Remember, watch out for making the test take over several days!
▪If you have not heard from your campus coordinator, you may want to follow up with them.
*The approval takes approximately two weeks or less upon submission by the school. You will be notified via email.
