College Board SSD Accommodation Directions
Rev. 1/26/2011
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College Board SSD Testing Accommodation Application Directions
(SSD = Services for Students with Disabilities)
(MA = Montana Academy)
For students who provide documentation of a disability, the College Board Services for
Students with Disabilities (SSD) provides a broad range of accommodations, such as
Braille tests, large print, and extended time, The College Board is committed to ensuring
that students with physical or mental disabilities receive appropriate accommodations on
its tests. Some of these disabilities include: Learning Disabilities, ADHD, Hearing
Impairments, Psychiatric Disorders, Head Injury/Traumatic Brain Injury, Visual
Impairments, Physical/Medical Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Speech and
Language, and Other Disabilities. If a testing accommodation is granted by College
Board, then it is up to the student to decide to use or not use the accommodation.
Students with physical or mental disabilities often require accommodations on College
Board tests, including the: SAT, SAT Subject Tests™, PSAT/NMSQT®, and Advanced
Placement Program®.
*If College Board grants 50% extended time accommodation, then the student take the designated
test at FVCC in Kalispell. With 100% extended time accommodation, the student will take the
designated test on MA campus over a two-day period.
Contact Information for Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD)
College Board SSD Program
P.O. Box 8060
Mt. Vernon, Illinois 62864-0060
Phone: (609) 771-7137 Phones are available between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. (Eastern
Time), Mon. through Fri.
FAX: (866) 360-0114
Email: ssd@info.collegeboard.org
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If your child already has been granted testing accommodations from College
Board while attending a previous high school then you will need to:
1. Locate the letter from College Board SSD Office which explains the
specific accommodation granted and shows the SSD # in the upper right
hand corner.
2. Contact the College Board SSD Office if you no longer have the copy of
the accommodation letter to request a new one: PH: 1-609-771-7137 or
FAX: 1-866-360-0114.
3. FAX the SSD accommodation letter to the SSD Coordinator on MA
campus at your earliest convenience: FAX# 1-406-858-2356 ATTN.
HOLLY.
4. Email the MA SSD Coordinator (hollys@montanaacademy.com) to
request an online ‘transfer of accommodations’ from the previous school
to MA. Be sure to copy this email request to your child’s Team Teacher as
well.
5. The SSD Coordinator will email parents and Treatment Team members
when the online transfer of accommodations has been completed.
6. There is no charge to parents for this service.
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If your child has not been granted testing accommodations from College Board
prior to attending MA then you will need to:
1. Email the MA SSD Coordinator (hollys@montanaacademy.com) to
request a ‘new application of accommodations’ giving your parental
permission for the new online application process to begin. Be sure to
copy this email request to your child’s Team Teacher as well. College
Board may take anywhere from 5-7 weeks to process the application once
it has been submitted online. New applications take hours to complete and
weeks to process by College Board so please plan ahead in order to meet
online test registration deadlines for upcoming College Board Tests.
2. Review the College Board list of approved tests used for documentation of
specific student needs below:
Commonly used tests that measure a student's cognitive abilities:
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Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale-III (WAIS-III) or Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children-IV
(WISC-IV)
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Woodcock Johnson Psychoeducational Battery-III NU (WJ-III NU): Tests of Cognitive Abilities
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Stanford Binet Intelligence Scales-5th Edition (SBS) (When individually-administered)
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Kaufman Adolescent and Adult Intelligence Test or Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children,
Second Edition (KABC-II)
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Differential Ability Scales, Second Edition (DAS-II)
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Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales
Commonly used tests that measure a student's academic achievement:
Reading
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Woodcock-Johnson-III NU: Tests of Achievement (General and Extended batteries that include
fluency measures)
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Scholastic Abilities Test for Adults (SATA)
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Stanford Diagnostic Reading Tests, Fourth Edition (SDRT) (When individually-administered)
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Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT II) with reading rate measure
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Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement, Second Edition (KTEA-II)
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Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests® (GMRT®) Fourth Edition (When individually-administered)
Mathematics
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Woodcock-Johnson-III NU: Tests of Achievement (General and Extended batteries including
fluency measures)
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Scholastic Abilities Test for Adults (SATA)
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Wechsler Individual Achievement Test II (WIAT II)
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Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement, Second Edition (KTEA-II)
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Stanford Diagnostic Mathematics Test, Fourth Edition (When individually-administered)
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Woodcock-Johnson-III: Tests of Academic Achievement (General and Extended batteries including
fluency measures)
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Scholastic Abilities Test for Adults (SATA)
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Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT II)
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Test of Written Language III (TOWL III)
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Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement, Second Edition (KTEA-II)
Commonly used tests that measure a student's information processing:
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Detroit Tests of Learning Aptitude-4 (DTLA-4) or DTLA-A (Adult)
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WISC IV
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WAIS-III
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W-J-III-Tests of Cognitive Ability
A low processing speed score alone, however, usually does not indicate the need for testing
accommodations. In this instance, what would be important is to include in the documentation an indication
of how the low processing speed affects a student's overall academic skills.
Tests not accepted by the College Board
The following tests are screening tools and, without other measures, do not meet the psychometric criteria to
diagnose a disability or establish the need for testing accommodations:
Cognitive
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WASI
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Reynolds Intellectual Screening Test (RIST)
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Slosson Intelligence Test-Revised
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KBIT-2
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Woodcock-Johnson III - Brief Intellectual Ability (WJ-III-BTI)
Academic
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Wide Range Achievement Test 4 (WRAT 4)
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KTEA-II Brief Form
3. Fax recent complete psychological and/or academic testing reports for
your child to the SSD Coordinator at your earliest convenience: FAX# 1406-858-2356 ATTN. HOLLY.
4. Email the SSD Coordinator (hollys@montanaacademy.com) if you do not
have a copy of recent complete psychological and/or academic testing
report so the SSD Coordinator can begin the in depth process of studying
the child’s chart to gather supporting documents for the online application.
5. The SSD Coordinator will email parents and Treatment Team members
when the new online accommodation application has been submitted.
6. There is no charge to parents for this service.
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