Each of the standardized tests described in this section can be taken with extended time by students with documented learning disabilities or other handicaps. Information on these testing conditions is available online and in your guidance or college counseling office. The guidelines for documentation are very specific, and it is the student's responsibility to provide that documentation to the school. Registration deadlines for these tests are usually six weeks before the testing dates, and documentation must be received before the registration can take place. Most tests can be administered only within certain "windows" of time, or on certain days.

It is generally my advice to take any of the standardized tests under the standard testing conditions on your first administration. If you then feel that the time constraint contributed to your earning a lower score, investigate taking the test again with extra time.

Click here for more details from the College Board regarding guidelines for taking its tests with special accommodations, and here for more details from American Testing Program for guidelines for its tests.