Documentation for College Accommodations
What a Good Private Testing Report Should Include
“Many of these reports provide only the most minimal history, few details, and no meaningful analysis of the results. [And] remember- colleges may consider what examiners recommend in their reports, but they are not obligated to provide those accommodations simply because they have been recommended, and most won’t if they don’t see a link between the student’s disability and the recommended accommodation.”
Students with ADHD May Need Testing to Get Accommodations at College
“If every school students want to apply to requires further testing, then they’ll need to act. If only one college requires testing but the rest don’t, students should wait until the acceptances come in and they decide where to enroll.”
How to Get a Good (Not Just Long) Learning Disabilities Testing Report
“For the amount of money you are likely to pay, you should expect a quality report. But in reading about 80-100 private reports a year for my work at a college disability services office, I see this level of detail in very few of them, even though many are long.”
How to Find College Disability Documentation Requirements
“While you may have heard that testing can’t be more than three years old, that is not widely true, though it may be the case at some schools.”
Colleges Don’t Follow IEPs or 504 Plans
“It just means that they don’t have any obligation to provide the same services and accommodations that students may have received before.”
Can Students Without High School IEPs or 504 Plans Get College Accommodations?
“Colleges’ disability services (DS) offices vary in their approach to documentation (meaning paperwork students provide to show they have a disability.)”
Myths About IEPs, 504 Plans, and College Accommodations
“While you won’t find a sentence…that says that this means colleges don’t have to follow students’ 504 plans, that is the effect.”
Myths About Disability Documentation for College Accommodations
“The requirement that testing be 3 years old or fewer used to be much more widespread, and it may still be true at some colleges, but many colleges [now] say testing must be “current” and may be more flexible than you think when accepting documentation.“
