Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your kid is in middle school, and you are worried about AP exams?

Less than 10 months for HS. Am I too early?

He has done well in studies and likely to take AP courses. That's why I thought to ask here.

No, you are not too early.

Given the publicized cheating scandals of the past few years, the CollegeBoard may error on the initial deny/need more info/appeal side of things which adds time to the process. As you may read in the regular board on here, many parents feel that others are gaming the system for more time, so it's incumbent on the CB to thoroughly review.

DS has extended time in his IEP, yet the CollegeBoard initially denied the request for extended time when submitted by his school counselor and asked for a lot of justification (that the school had not provided) regarding start-of-time diagnosis, evals, etc. There is an appeal process and it went smoothly, but that added time onto the schedule which we had not anticipated in advance of the PSAT testing (and yes as a pp notes, once you have the CB approval, you are set for their umbrella of testing).

My niece got unlimited time and breaks due to anxiety. She had to provide a Drs note to the SAT. She had her own tester and took it over 3 days.

It's definitely not too early to think about this in 8th grade and make sure the right accommodations are in place for HS.

CollegeBoard runs both the SATs and AP exams and it's very easy, if not automatic, to get 1.5 or 2x time depending on how the kid's IEP or 504 is written.

For the ACT, which is a longer test than the SAT, 1.5 or 2x time can make for an incredibly long test, which is counter-productive. The IEP or 504 needs to be written with a statement that says that for any exam of 4 hours or more, the student should be given the option of taking it over two days. If you don't have that language, you're not going to get the right accommodations from the ACT.

Anonymous wrote:Id be more worried about a slow processor getting though a bunch of AP classes and all the study materials, not just the exam.

Mine got through the APUSH reading by using a screen reader to listen to it first, while on the bus or doing chores, just to get the overall gist of the chapter. Then it was much easier to read efficiently and comprehend the finer details when they sat down to take notes.

Mine just had to use a screen reader for the electronic version of the textbook, because they didn’t have access to a proper audio version. But a kid who’s been given accommodations (mine wasn’t, we were told straight As meant they were already accessing the curriculum effectively) might be able to have access to an audio version of assigned readings built into their 504 or IEP.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your kid is in middle school, and you are worried about AP exams?

Less than 10 months for HS. Am I too early?

He has done well in studies and likely to take AP courses. That's why I thought to ask here.

You are not doing it too early. You're doing it perfectly on time. The HS process has already started for an 8th grader.

MS school counselors have no meaningful experience with this. HS counselors do it every year for lots of kids.

Anonymous wrote:Id be more worried about a slow processor getting though a bunch of AP classes and all the study materials, not just the exam.

It's manageable, just not too many APs at a time.