After Approval
What happens after I am approved for accommodations?
In August each year, your school will receive a roster of all students at your school who are eligible to receive accommodations on College Board tests. Your school also will receive copies of their Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) Eligibility Letters. The roster and the SSD Eligibility Letters will indicate your approved accommodations.
When your school receives the roster, it will be checked by your school to ensure that all students who have submitted an Eligibility Form are listed. Eligibility Forms that have been submitted recently will be listed as "pending." Your school also will receive weekly updated rosters while there is activity from your school.
Once I am approved, will I ever have to go through this process again?
As long as you remain within your school's district, you will not have to go through the applications process again as long as your school annually verifies that you continue to receive the accommodations previously approved. Should you transfer to another school district after having been approved for accommodations, you will need to complete another SSD Student Eligibility Form verifying that the accommodations received at the old school will continue or identifying what accommodations will be received at the new school.
What is the "Renewal Roster"? And what is included in the Annual Roster of Student Eligibility?
A Renewal Roster is sent to a school's SSD Coordinator each spring. It lists the school's students and their accommodations. If you are eligible for accommodations, please check with your school to ensure that you are included on the roster.
This year-end roster can be used to modify or update your status (if necessary), for example, if you have graduated or have transferred to another school. This is also a good time to submit requests for any changes in your accommodations if you continue to attend your school.
Your school will receive an Annual Roster of Student Eligibility in August each year, just before the new school year begins. It will reflect the information on the Renewal Roster namely, if you are approved for testing accommodations, or if your eligibility is pending. Also listed will be your unique SSD Eligibility Code to be used when communicating with the College Board, and your specific accommodations for College Board tests.
Can I choose to test without accommodations even after receiving College Board approval for accommodations?
Yes, once you have been approved for testing accommodations by the College Board you may still choose to test without the accommodations in the future. For the PSAT/NMSQT or AP Exams, which are school-based tests, you can ask the SSD Coordinator to be removed from the testing roster if not planning to use your approved accommodations and planning to test under standard conditions.
For any SAT test, you may register either by mail or online and not include your SSD code.
If you have taken an SAT previously you may register by telephone by calling the SAT registration line. If you choose to register by telephone for standard testing, you do not give the representative your SSD Code and make sure that you indicate that you will NOT be using your approved accommodations.
What should I do if I was previously approved for accommodations and I transfer to another school?
If you are transferring within the same school district (e.g. from middle school to high school, from one high school to another), you do not need to repeat the eligibility process for accommodations on College Board tests if the receiving high school verifies that you continue to receive the same accommodations on school based testing as in your previous school. The receiving high school can send a note on school letterhead informing the College Board that you have transferred.
If you transfer to a different school district or independent school, you will need to submit a new Student Eligibility Form for testing accommodations on College Board tests.
I am graduating this year. Will I continue to receive accommodations after graduation?
On the Renewal Roster, the SSD coordinator of your school can verify that you still meet the College Board's Eligibility Guidelines. If you do, you will continue to receive accommodations for one year after graduation.
