Testing for dyslexia before college

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"His school gave the PSAT last week to all students as purely a practice test. No accommodations were given to anyone. We knew this in advance and were advised many times that this is purely a practice to get the kids ready. The scores go nowhere. I'm really interested to see how he did".

Not ok. Accommodations allow students to demonstrate what they know.

Agreed. As a parent with a 2E child who has clear dyslexia, it is pointless to give a test without accommodations.

OP here and this happened to my kid with the PSAT10. No accommodations and she scored 850. Her report had a red exclamation mark indicating “NOT ON TRACK FOR COLLEGE.” I never showed her the report, but it was hard not to feel anxiety as a parent. Why do schools think this is okay? How is this practice? At least it was validation for why we fought so hard for accommodations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"His school gave the PSAT last week to all students as purely a practice test. No accommodations were given to anyone. We knew this in advance and were advised many times that this is purely a practice to get the kids ready. The scores go nowhere. I'm really interested to see how he did".

Not ok. Accommodations allow students to demonstrate what they know.

Agreed. As a parent with a 2E child who has clear dyslexia, it is pointless to give a test without accommodations.

OP here and this happened to my kid with the PSAT10. No accommodations and she scored 850. Her report had a red exclamation mark indicating “NOT ON TRACK FOR COLLEGE.” I never showed her the report, but it was hard not to feel anxiety as a parent. Why do schools think this is okay? How is this practice? At least it was validation for why we fought so hard for accommodations.

I will add that despite trying to get the score removed from her record, it still appears on Naviance. So while I didn’t show her the report, she’s hit with that score every time she opens her Naviance account, which is often during the college application process.