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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is going to get worse before it gets better. In 2017, after being sued, the SAT and ACT both automatically accept whatever accommodations are on a 504plan or IEP or whatever plan a private school uses. It really gives an advantage to wealthy parents who pay privately for testing and then threaten to sue the school unless their kid gets a 504 plan if in public. In private school why wouldn't schools want to have as many students as possible get extra time. There average SAT will be higher and their students will get into better colleges. The SAT did a study that showed extra time is beneficial for students who are higher scoring with and without disabilities. So everyone who is doing well to begin with will do better. It doesn't benefit any lower scoring students sho just haven't mastered the material to begin with.[/quote]

This is not true.  The college board specifically says that they make a determination independent of 504s and IEPs. And I can tell you from personal experience, they require a lot of documentation. From psycheducational testing by a licensed psychologist, from the school, from individual teachers observations.

https://www.collegeboard.org/students-with-disabilities/eligibility

We did get college board accommodations. After 2 days of neuropsych testing, a 20 page report from a PhD with the results of an IQ test and other educational testing, with a showing of more than 2 SDs between PS and FS IQ. With a copy of a 504plan and a ton of documentation from the school, and with documentation from a teacher that DC used accommodations on a regular basis.  And with a ton of justifications.  It was not a sort or easy process. [/quote]

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