Teacher: College Board obstructs nearly blind student’s effort to take PSAT
A teacher of the visually impaired says that her school ran into big trouble with the non-profit College Board over when a nearly blind student could take the PSAT, the qualifying exam for the National Merit Scholarship.
The e-mail, sent to me by Leslie Edmonds, who teaches at a high school in California, raises questions about just how flexible the College Board is in meeting the needs of students who need accommodations to take thestandardized tests that it owns. The College Board owns the SAT as well as the PSAT and the Advanced Placement program.
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