[nabs-l] Placement Exams

[Julie McGinnity]

Hi.

I would definitely request a reader.  I had to take a foreign language
placement test, and I had to use jaws.  This was hard because jaws
doesn't always understand that he should be speaking another language.
 Also, the test was multiple choice, and I could not use jaws to
select the answers.  I have no idea why.  If it is that kind of test,
extra time and a reader will be accomidations you should have.

These tests are rarely, if ever accessible, so just try to get the
accomidations you normally use in your math classes, and do your best.
Good luck!

On 4/23/11, Cindy Bennett <clb5590 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey, when I was an incoming freshman, the test was inaccessible and on
> the computer. I would see if the disabilities office already has a way
> of accommidating blind students on placement exams, and suggest your
> ideas if they don't.
>
> Don't stress about it too much. It isn't possible to fail. It is a
> placement exam, and the worst that will happen is that you might place
> into college algebra instead of calc or something, but I totally
> understand that you want to do well and skip unnecessary classes if
> you can. It might be nice to request a reader. I always found readers
> more helpful for math subjects.
>
> I'm not sure if you have to take any others, but my foreign language
> placement test was online as well, but we could take it on our own
> time. It was also inaccessible, but my high school French teacher
> agreed to read it to me, so maybe you could do something like that.
>
> Cindy
>
> On 4/23/11, bookwormahb at earthlink.net <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Gordyn,
>> When I entered college I took a math placement test.  Back then in 2002,
>> it
>> was regular paper and pencil.
>> How I did it was I just used my vision. A reader read the questions to me
>> and I used paper and a dark marker to write out and work the questions.
>> I think totally blind students were permitted to have a brailler to do the
>> problems.
>> But  now a days they have computer placement tests.
>> Your college should accommodate you with extra time and other
>> accomodations.
>> If its on the computer, jaws may not read it right.  You might want to
>> have
>> a reader read out the questions.  If you use nemeth braille,
>> then transcribe the questions to braille and answer the problems.  Tell
>> the
>> reader what answer you got.
>> If it was a hard copy test, they could make tactile graphs.  But again
>> computers present more accessibility challenges because many software
>> programs are not compatable to jaws.
>> Bring something like tape to make tactile graphs. Your reader can describe
>> the graphs and tables and tactially draw the graphs if needed.
>>
>> Good luck.
>> Ashley
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jordyn Castor
>> Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 8:29 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: [nabs-l] Placement Exams
>>
>> Hey NABS,
>> I was accepted into a college and am required to take a math placement
>> exam. If I register with the DSS office before I take the exam, can I
>> request extra time or something? Will colleges make accommodations on
>> those types of exams? If I'm not allotted extra time, any tips on taking
>> this math exam not about the math itself but about like using the system?
>> Thanks!
>> Jordyn
>>
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Julie McG
 Lindbergh High School class of 2009, participating member in Opera
Theater's Artist in Training Program, and proud graduate of Guiding
Eyes for the Blind

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