SSAT Testing Accommodations
Online & Printed Practice
Ensuring test-takers with disabilities receive reasonable accommodations when taking the SSAT.
Ensuring test-takers with disabilities receive reasonable accommodations when taking the SSAT.
These accommodations are designed to limit or eliminate the effects of a student’s disabilities on their test performance so that they can demonstrate their true academic and intellectual abilities.
Any student with an identified disabling condition or impairment that substantially limits their ability to perform a major life activity is eligible. Major life activities include, but are not limited to: seeing, hearing, speaking, reading, concentrating, thinking, communicating, and learning.
SSAT accommodations expire on July 31, 2021. Students will need to reapply and be approved for accommodations before registering for tests beginning August 1, 2021.
EMA’s goal throughout the COVID-19 pandemic has been to increase testing access without compromising the safety of test-takers or test center staff. This meant adapting operations across all areas, including the testing accommodations program.
It is important for all families to review the subtle differences between the traditional paper-based SSAT, computer-based testing with Prometric, and SSAT At-Home testing options. We also highly recommend that families still complete an online application requesting any paper-based testing accommodations, regardless of which testing option is selected.
From additional testing time to supportive technology to medical equipment and more, EMA accommodates a variety of testing needs.
It is the family’s responsibility to provide all equipment, materials, and personnel necessary to support a student’s approved accommodations on test day for all computer-based AND paper-based SSAT administrations.
This policy is focused on minimizing stress for the student on test day, and giving them the ability to work with individuals and equipment with which they are comfortable and familiar.If you have any concerns about your family’s ability to provide anything needed for your student to successfully complete testing, please contact EMA immediately, and well in advance of your scheduled test date, at ta@enrollment.org.
Do you anticipate serving as an approver of SSAT accommodations? Read the Approver Overview.
Students requiring accommodations when completing the SSAT must apply and get approved for their accommodations prior to registering for testing. Please be advised that SSAT standard test registrations close two weeks before each test date, and the amount of reviewal time for accommodation applications varies depending on the nature of each request. As a result, it's best to start this process as early as possible to provide adequate time for review and approval in advance of your student's desired test dates.
If you have any concerns about your family’s ability to provide anything needed for your student to successfully complete testing, please contact EMA immediately, and well in advance of your scheduled test date, at ta@enrollment.org.