[nabs-l] SAT Rules Re: SAT ACCOMMODATIONS

Fri Apr 8 19:13:32 UTC 2011

Hi, Nicole and all,
  I don't think that the rules vary as much as they may appear. When I
took the SAT six or seven years ago, the Braille Note Classic was
still around, and there was no way to reliably connect it to a
computer monitor. I took the test on my Perkins brailler and my TVI
transcribed my work. When I took the GRE three years ago, I had a
Braille Note MPower, but regretably I did not do enough research and
did not make the ETS aware of its ability to connect to a computer
monitor. I was therefore given the accomodation of writing my essay on
a computer with JAWS installed, which worked out fine. I think that a
lot of it depends on what the blind student requests. It is pretty
standard practice for the College Board or ETS to give braille tests,
extra testing time, and a separate testing room for blind students,
but beyond that there is some flexibility in the specific impletation
of accomoodations (every student may not have the exact same assistive
technology in their disposal, for example). The main concern of the
testing agency is that no cheating occurs, so the ability of the
proctor to monitor the student's work is extremely important.
  While we are on the subject of standardized tests, I'm curious about
everyone's experiences in securing test preparation materials. I
remember finding the braille prep materials provided by the College
Board to be very limited, and I could not locate any of the
commercially available test prep books in an accessible format. I
finally had to buy a print study guide from the bookstore and enlist
the help of my family to get it scanned/edited, which was a lot of
extra work (especially the math portion). Has this changed in the last
few years? Were those of you who took the test more recently able to
locate prep materials beyond the one volume provided by the College
Board?
   Katie

On 4/7/11, Jorge Paez <computertechjorgepaez at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't think the rules vary,
> but the implementation.
>
> The rules usually change according to whom ever does the test, according to
> their interpretation.
>
> Hope that makes sense.
>
> Jorge
>
>
> On Apr 7, 2011, at 7:18 PM, Nicole B. Torcolini at Home wrote:
>
>> I feel like this list has been through similar conversations about the
>> College Board before. And, frankly, we should not have to be having these.
>> What is and is not allowed on standardized tests should be written down
>> and available to the public, and, when there is a major change, people
>> should have a way of finding out. Based on responses to this thread, it
>> sounds like people have had very different experiences, and I am
>> interested in knowing why. In my humble opinion, unless a person has a
>> very different disability or something different about his/her situation,
>> most of the experience and rules for students who are blind/visually
>> impaired should be the same. Is there anyone who can shed more light (no
>> pun intended) on this topic?
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brianna Scerenscko"
>> <bfs1206 at gmail.com>
>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 3:25 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] SAT ACCOMMODATIONS
>>
>>
>>> I have some knologe of how to conect it and how to set it up. I was
>>> never required to to use it; in fact, I wasn't aloud to use it at all.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4/7/11, dreicer, zachary <z.dreicer at emissives.com> wrote:
>>>> hannah just send a message to the braillenote list.  The
>>>> subscribe page is
>>>> list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote_list.humanware.co
>>>> m
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my BRAILLENOTE Apex
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: Hannah <sparklylicious at suddenlink.net
>>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing
>>>> list<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>>> Date sent: Wed, 06 Apr 2011 21:38:55 -0700
>>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] SAT ACCOMMODATIONS
>>>>
>>>> I have the Braille Note Em Power and I've been asking around, but
>>>> haven't found much.  I'll call the college board if I don't come
>>>> across something soon.
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Anjelina" <anjelinac26 at gmail.com
>>>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>>> Date sent: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 22:32:42 -0400
>>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] SAT ACCOMMODATIONS
>>>>
>>>> Which version of the Braille note do you have? I don't think
>>>> there is a way
>>>> to hook the classic to an external screen.
>>>> When I took the SAT's, I was required to use a Brailler.  My TVI
>>>> transcribed
>>>> my response.
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Hannah
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 9:09 PM
>>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>>> Subject: [nabs-l] SAT ACCOMMOCATIONS
>>>>
>>>> Hey,
>>>> Does anyone know how to connect the BrailleNote to a monitor? I'm
>>>> going to take the SATS soon and I just got my accommodations; one
>>>> of the requirements is that I hook up my writing device to a
>>>> monitor so the proctor can see what I'm writing.
>>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>>>> Cheers, Hannah
>>>>
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