SAT/ACT/PSAT INFORMATION

Connetquot High School Guidance Department

(Updated: December 13, 2021)

The process applying to colleges often includes taking certain assessments such as the PSAT, SAT and/or ACT. The first recommended step in the process is to speak to your high school guidance counselor about the college search and application process.

This webpage provides links on the left side of the webpage to resources you will find useful.

If you are a student who currently receives testing accommodations in school please understand your accommodations do not automatically carry over to tests such as the PSAT/SAT/ACT. You must apply for testing accommodations. Please click on the links provided to read how to apply.

If you have any questions, you should speak to your guidance counselor.

SAT - How to apply for testing accommodations:

Dear Student and Parent/Guardian:

If wish to apply for testing accommodation(s) on College Board tests (SAT, PSAT/NMSQT, and/or Advanced Placement Exams) due to disability, please click on the following link for a copy of “CONSENT FORM FOR ACCOMMODATIONS REQUEST”.

Complete the form and mail it to Assistant Principal, Mark Sidman who is the College Board, Services for Students with Disabilities Coordinator. The signed “CONSENT FORM” will authorize the high school: to release to the College Board copies of your records that document the existence of a disability and need for testing accommodations; to release any other information in the school's custody that the College Board requests for the purpose of determining my eligibility for testing accommodations on College Board tests; and to discuss my disability and accommodation needs with the College Board. By submitting the signed form, you also grant the College Board permission to receive and review your records, and to discuss your disability and needs with school personnel and other professionals.

ACT Accommodations and English Learner Supports

ACT is committed to serving examinees with documented disabilities by providing reasonable accommodations appropriate to the examinee's diagnosis and needs. ACT has established policies regarding documentation of an examinee’s disability.

If you currently receive accommodations in school due to a professionally diagnosed and documented disability, see the ACT Policy for Accommodations Documentation (PDF), which will prepare you and guide you through the process of requesting test accommodations on the ACT test.

ACT recognizes the need to expand access to English learners. Beginning in the fall of 2017, ACT will provide supports on the ACT test to U.S. students who are English learners. These supports are designed to improve access and equity for those students whose proficiency in English might prevent them from fully demonstrating the skills and knowledge they have learned in school. The number of English learners is growing in our country and ACT is committed to improve access and opportunity for them and all under served learners.

If you currently receive supports in school due to limited English proficiency, see the ACT Policy for English Learner Supports Documentation, which will prepare you and guide you through the process of requesting English learner supports on the ACT test.

Requesting Accommodations and/or English Learner (EL) Supports

**Follow the 3 Steps Below:

1. Create or log in to an existing account

Register for the ACT test
Indicate need for accommodations and/or English learner supports
Select the type of accommodation and/or English learner supports you need

2. Upon completion of your registration, you'll receive an email with instructions on how to work with your school to submit a request. Forward this email to your school official along with a completed Consent to Release Information to ACT (PDF) form. This email initiates the process.

3. Your school official will submit your request to ACT. ACT will review the request and email the Decision Notification to your school official. Your school official should contact you within two weeks of submitting your request.

Note: The basic fees and registration deadlines for testing with accommodations and/or English learner supports are the same. Find upcoming test dates and deadlines on the Registration page.

All accommodation and EL supports requests should be submitted by your school official by the published registration deadlines for your preferred test date.

Accommodations Checklist (PDF)

For immediate answers to commonly asked questions, download FAQs for Students and Parents (PDF).

SAT/ACT Prep Online

ACT / SAT - Resources to prepare for the exams:

METHODIZE: SAT | ACT PREP (COMING SOON) - Connetquot High School students have access to Method Test Prep, a "FREE" SAT/ACT online tutorial. This is great resource to help students prepare for the SAT and ACT.

How can METHODIZE IMPROVE STUDENT SAT | ACT RESULTS?

Students will raise their SAT/ACT scores and have a better chance of being accepted at more colleges if they use our SAT/ACT online prep. Students are presented with a simple checklist that is composed of 15 minute tasks. Students can watch video explanations of how to solve every commonly asked SAT/ACT question. Students can also listen to a professional tutor explain the concepts and questions that they are struggling with, without reading through pages of intimidating text. As part of our SAT/ACT prep online, students get immediate feedback on every question. Each student’s performance is tracked and strengths and weaknesses are clearly indicated. Counselors and parents can see where students need to focus their study time.

With METHODIZE, students can:

Hear audio explanations of test questions
Access strategy guides for each test
Complete full-length practice tests
Receive hundreds of practice questions
Read easy explanations to every question
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Take practice quizzes to boost their knowledge
Access their courses on an unlimited, 24x7 basis, from any Web-enabled computer