The College Board
Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD)
Dear Parent:
If you are reading this letter, you are the parent of a student who is seeking
accommodations, based on disability, on College Board tests (i.e., SAT®; AP®;
PSAT/NMSQT®). There are several important steps in the process of determining the
appropriate accommodations. These important steps are explained in the College Board’s
Instructions for Completing the Student Eligibility Form. You and your son/daughter will
want to read the Instructions carefully. Here are several other important things to know:
• The College Board has specific guidelines for identifying appropriate
accommodations on our tests (see page 1 of the Instructions). Often these
accommodations are the same as those your son/daughter receives at school,
but not always. It is not automatic that school accommodations will be the
same as those approved for College Board tests. The most important advice is
to follow the College Board guidelines.
• When a student’s Eligibility Form is received by the College Board, our
review is very thorough. And, there are times that we ask to review a
student’s disability documentation—this all takes time. Allow sufficient time
(5 weeks from the date the Eligibility Form is complete and 7 weeks when we
ask to review the documentation, and it is complete).
• To assist in planning for the eligibility process, the College Board has posted
important due dates relating to request for accommodations for College Board
test. You can see these dates on page 8 of the Instructions, on the back of the
mailing envelope, and on the College Board’s Web site.
• The College Board has sent copies of the Instructions and Student Eligibility
Form to your son’s/daughter’s school. You also may get a blank form by
contacting us at (609) 771-7137 or ssd@info.collegeboard.org . Because we
scan the information provided on Student Eligibility Forms, we only can
process original forms. There are sections on the Eligibility Form to be
completed by your son’s/daughter’s school.
• Remember that the school officials can be a great help in making certain all
the steps are followed. The College Board’s Web site at
www.collegeboard.com/ssd/ also is a good resource for help in the eligibility
process, and if you have further questions, you may want to call the College
Board’s SSD office at 609 771-7137.
We wish your son/daughter good fortune in preparing for that next big step, attending
college.
The College Board
Service for Students with Disabilities
Originally posted at http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/ssd/Dear_Parent_Letter.pdf
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