504 Accomodations for Testing

[Anonymous]

DD has a 504 for separate room and extended time for testing. One of our friends mentioned to us that this can be a plus or minus, as at her school, they put 6-7 kids with 504/IEP into one room. Some kids can be quite disruptive, so being separated from the general group could be a negative.

DD is taking the CES test at the end of next week. DD is a decent test taker but is inattentive. That said, it's a short test and I doubt she would lose focus. If there is a lot of commotion happening in the room, I can totally see her getting interrupted, whereas if she is in the general group, it might be less noisy. We are not sure what is best since we don't fully know what the test environment is truly like and how the kids in the room would react. I know that when DD took the MAP tests, she said some kids were chatting a lot with the proctor. For those whose kids have 504, did your child find a separate classroom more disruptive or helpful?

[Anonymous]

It depends on the school. My son/no accommodations but should get them says for some tests they split up all the kids into small groups and some get extended time, some don't. I would think its very disruptive.

[Anonymous]

We haven't found that the small group testing has been disruptive. But, if the 504 says that all tests are to be given in a small group setting, they aren't going to have a choice but to offer it.

[Anonymous]

It also depends on the day and how many other students need the separate room accommodation on a given day.

At my kid's school students go to the learning specialists' office to take tests in a small group when there are 3 -5 students who need it at any given time. On those occasions, it is pretty quiet.

Other times when there are more kids who need that accommodation, they go to a smaller classroom. Sometimes it is quiet, sometimes it's louder.

My kid has also complained about noise and distractions during labs, small group work generally, and other issues in teh classrooms -- not just testing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It also depends on the day and how many other students need the separate room accommodation on a given day.

At my kid's school students go to the learning specialists' office to take tests in a small group when there are 3 -5 students who need it at any given time. On those occasions, it is pretty quiet.

Other times when there are more kids who need that accommodation, they go to a smaller classroom. Sometimes it is quiet, sometimes it's louder.

My kid has also complained about noise and distractions during labs, small group work generally, and other issues in teh classrooms -- not just testing.

I think they are anticipating 7-8 kids for the testing.