Menlo-Atherton High School
Requesting Accommodations from College Board for SAT and AP Testing
If your student has a documented disability and needs accommodations to take a College Board test, the instructional vice principal’s office can work with you to request those accommodations from the College Board and from the ACT. Once approved by the College Board, accommodations can be used to take the SAT, SAT subject tests, PSAT, and AP exams.
Menlo-Atherton offers the following tests throughout the year for M-A students only:
- AP Testing in May
- PSAT in October on College & Career Day
- SAT testing occurs throughout the year at various local sites. See the College Board website for specific dates and locations.
M-A will be administering the PSAT to Sophomores and Juniors on College and Career Day in October. If your student does not already have approved accommodations from the College Board, you will need to apply for those accommodations through the College Board by August 19th.
Typically students take the SAT in the spring of their junior year and/or the fall of their senior year. Some students choose to take the SAT subject tests at the end of their sophomore or junior school year. M-A only organizes SAT testing for students who need accommodations and request to have the test taken at M-A through the College Board.
Note: ACT accommodation requests are done through a separate process.
Please keep in mind that students who use accommodations in school, have an individualized Education Program (IEP), or a 504 plan are not automatically qualified for the College Board testing accommodations. Students must request accommodations from the College Board in order to receive accommodations on either the SAT, PSAT, or AP exams. The approval process can take up to seven weeks, so it is important that requests are made early.
Requesting Accommodations Process
- Please fill-out the survey linked here and one of our staff in the IVP Office will get back to you within 5-10 school days.
- Part of the survey requires you to complete and upload parent consent forms for both the ACT and/or the College Board.
- The testing coordinator opens an online request and manages documentation requests.
- All accommodation requests go through our IVP Office.
- Accommodation requests take about 2 months to be reviewed by the College Board and/or ACT, please plan accordingly.
Link to ACT: Requesting Accommodations
For more information about testing accommodations or to inquire about the process please contact Ofa Taimani (otaimani@seq.org) or Adrian Perkins (adperkins@seq.org), assistants to the IVP office, or call at 650-322-5311 ext. 55222 or ext. 50113.