<p>My DS, now in 8th grade, was tested for and diagnosed with ADD in the 4th grade. School wants him retested. Will we have to retest in high school for the SAT, or will this go around be sufficient for accomodations on the SAT?</p>
<p>Thanks for any info you may have...</p>
<p>My D is a junior and has only been tested once and that was in 4th grade. Our insurance paid for the testing and I'm sure it was at least $1,000. Our school psychologist was the one who filled out the paperwork for the SAT and I believe it asked for accomodations the school was making to determine what they should offer.</p>
<p>Wow, since 4th grade? I guess I'll speak with our HS counselor, as it seems to be an in school decision. Thanks.</p>
<p>ins doesn't usually pay for an education pysch- but the write up was more detailed than the brief results from the psychiatrist, which ins does pay for.</p>
<p>The school is supposed to reevaluate if necessary- but let me tell you, they often don't look hard and don't want kids to qualify. ( and this is from one of the best schools in city & testing was done by a psych who * knew firsthand* of her difficulties in elementary cause he had been the school psych at * that * school.
We had to pay for outside testing to get them to give her a 504, despite previous IEP & D has lots of learning challenges.</p>
<p>SAT test is a whole new ball game- may be worth searching for posts on this board.
To qualify for accommodations- testing has to be within last two years- and areas of accommodation need to be specified.-
Some students on CC, that you would think would have no problem getting accommodations , didn't.</p>
<p>When accommodations were noted on the test- my daughter had no problem taking it extended time, however, now that accommodations are not indicated, we had to submit lots of documentation for her sister to recieve extended time.</p>
<p>( I also would recommend the ACT, many students do better on that)</p>
<p>D just took the SAT with accommodations and hadn't been tested since 4th grade so SAT isn't requiring evaluations within the last two years. It seems pretty obvious that school districts have a very large say in who gets accommodations in the classroom and on standarized tests.</p>
<p>We had the annual IEP meeting last week and guess what??? The school wants to test her next year. She'll be a senior and our school psychologist said that colleges need more recent tests. I don't know if this is true or not, but if the school is willing to do it at no charge, then it's fine with us. They mentioned an IQ test and an achievement test. What test is used to detect ADHD?</p>
<p>Can anyone tell me what types of accomodations can and should be requested?</p>
<p>dd has ADHD, bipolar and executive function disorder. New therapist is also looking into aspergers.</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>Are you talking about school or test accomodations?</p>
<p>As my understanding is that students have to be tested every 4 years for accommodations...</p>
<p>Jcrivs, I think NCLB got rid of what used to be the standard-- a re-evaluation every 3 years. Schools may re-evaluate every 3 years or they may not. (And re-evaluation in this case often does not include the full battery. For example, they might skip the IQ part.) Colleges often want testing done within <em>one</em> year of entry so many people do a full psychoeducational battery senior year.</p>