Have You Been Denied Accommodations For Your High-stakes Standardized Test?

Earlier this year, the American Bar Association Journal published an article titled, "Bar examinees have little success with accommodation requests and say the process is stressful." The article explains the unfortunate reality that testing entities routinely deny students with diagnosed disabilities the accommodations they need on important tests like the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE) and the bar exam.

In our experience as lawyers who represent test-takers with disabilities, testing entities often use the same handful of reasons to deny students accommodations. These include:

1. Finding that test-takers lack the appropriate documentation to substantiate their disabilities;