[blindkid] SAT Prep Class District Support?

[Pat Renfranz via blindkid]

Vejas,
My daughter Caroline took the PSAT in the fall of 2012 and the SAT in the
fall of 2013, with Braille, tactile graphics, and extended time as we
requested through the College Board. Although she did not take a prep
course, she did use study guides that she found on Bookshare; obviously
these would not help with graphics per se, but did help with how questions
are phrased and what type of questions are on the tests. She also received
practice tests from the College Board, although only shortly before taking
the tests. She told me that the graphics on the tests are extremely well
prepared; she didn't have any problems reading them or understanding them.
The extended time was important especially for the reading comprehension
sections, because searching back through the text is cumbersome.
Good luck with your college preparations!
Pat Renfranz
 


On 5/17/14 4:20 PM, "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List" <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

>   Hi All,
>   I am a junior in high school & am taking the SAT in 3 weeks,
> and to help me
> get ready, I have opted to take an SAT Prep Class.
>   - Our local VI program has chosen to view the SAT Prep Class as
> "extracurricular" & as such is unwilling to provide me with
> transcriber
> support.
>   I am wondering how you have approached such situations with
> your high
> schoolers.
>   - How did your kids get Prep Class materials in an accessible
> format?
>   - Did the school or VI program help with the brailling of text
> & embossing
> of diagrams, or did they just do it verbally with your help or by
> hiring a
> readers (which clearly seems not ideal since then there is a lost
> opportunity for hands on learning with the diagrams)?
>   - Did you end up needing to find a non-district transcriber to
> braille the
> test and emboss the diagrams?
>   I would really appreciate your input & look forward to any
> insights or
> suggestions you might have.
>   Sincerely,
>   Vejas
> 
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