School Failing to submit Extended Time Applicatio

schleppenheimer
Sat, 08 Jun 2013 22:25:43 +0000

Definitely start the process to get extended time NOW. My son took the ACT today with extended time. He desperately needed that extended time, and even with it, he didn’t finish the test.

With the SAT, my son’s guidance counselor put in the application. All I had to do was sign the thing. But with the ACT application for extended time, I had to pretty much all of the application process, and the GUIDANCE COUNSELOR signed it and sent it in. Then, the ACT application was denied. That’s when the real work happened, and I had to compile this huge bunch of documentation. It took about six weeks to get a response, and I was surprised and thrilled that extended time was granted to my son.

I’m with you, though. There seems to be very little information about extended time for the ACT. What I found was that there was even less information about how they RUN the ACT for extended time students. In the regular ACT test, each section lasts for a certain amount of time, and then a proctor says “put your pencil down” and that section comes to an end. With the extended time ACT test, the kids have 5 hours to take the test, but it’s up to them to know when to finish each section. If you take a super long time with each section, you do what my son did, and you take too long with the first three sections, and only get 10 minutes for the science section!

Like you, my son will have to take it again. I totally get your frustration. The whole situation stinks.

If I can help answer any questions for you, feel free to PM me.