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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow!  Are you me?  Are you in FCPS?  I could have written your exact post.  Last year, when my oldest was in 9th grade, he didn't get his accommodations for the PSAT.  He came home, said he didn't think he did well and I asked, 'why not?'.  He said he asked for them but was told no.  I send a very reasonable email to the school asking about it.  I get a call from his counselor who said that the school can't authorize the accommodations, the College Board does.  I ask why no one told me - he said it must have fallen through the cracks and that I needed to follow up with the College Board.  Note, this is the counselor assigned to kids with IEPs.

I then go to the College Board site to see how to get accommodation.  I learn that accommodations for the PSAT 8/9, which my DS took, are approved by the school, not the College Board.  And, to get accommodations for the PSAT 10 and SAT, I needed to work with the school.  I summarize that information in an email to the counselor and special ed chair.

I get a call from them a day or two later and the special ed chair proceeds to tell me, among other things, that the IEP only covers academics and not all environments and because the PSAT is administered by an outside party they were not required to follow the IEP accommodations!  I call her out on it.  The IEP covers all school activities INCLUDING the PSAT that was administered at the school, during the school day and which the school arranged.  I ended up asking for an IEP meeting with the PSL included.

This year, DS STILL did not receive his accommodations.  I did all the paperwork, sent it to the school and they didn't file it with the College Board!  What a cluster. [/quote]

This is just another way school systems screw with kids with disabilities. I would file a complaint that they didn't submit your request with the College Board.

The schools in my county do very little to let parents know about the process for getting accommodations for the SAT and ACT or that it is even an option. I contacted the testing person the week before dc started hs to get the ball rolling and the testing coordinator refused to help. My dc also didn't get accommodations for the PSAT.   For the SAT and the ACT, the parents are responsible for getting the ball rolling. Parents need to fill out the paperwork and get it to whom ever is in charge of testing or a guidance counselor. I would stay on top of them about submitting it. You can call College Board or the ACT and ask if they have submitted it. I would threaten to file state complaints and more if they did not get it done.

Parents need to start the process immediately freshman year. I've met school staff who are very intimidated with the company that owns the SAT and AP tests. Some schools avoid it because if the accommodations require school based testing, the school is responsible for finding proctors and working out the time. My kid's hs tried to tell me that they wouldn't provide the testing. They finally relented after I complained to everyone including the school board.  They put us through the wringer to get the testing done.

You may already know but the accommodations your child gets for the SAT will will apply to AP tests as well. Once you get them for the SAT, you don't have to do much more than communicate with the school to remind them that your kid has accommodations.[/quote]

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