| Accommodation | SAT®, PSAT/NMSQT®, and PSAT 10® | ACT® |
| Enlarged print | AVAILABLE, Reading and Seeing Accommodations and Other Accommodations “Large print (14 point, 20 point, or other formats)” | AVAILABLE, Defining Accessibility Supports, Applying Accessibility Supports, and Allowable ACT Accommodations and English Learner (EL) Supports (18 pt.) |
| Magnification with digital magnifier (CCTV) | ALLOWED, Reading and Seeing Accommodations and Other Accommodations Note: “Electronic magnifiers cannot have any capabilities for recording, storage, snapshot or transmission of data, picture, text, or other information.” | ALLOWED, Defining Accessibility Supports, Applying Accessibility Supports, and Allowable ACT Accommodations and English Learner (EL) Supports |
| Braille | AVAILABLE, Reading and Seeing Accommodations and Other Accommodations “Contracted” braille | AVAILABLE, Defining Accessibility Supports, Applying Accessibility Supports, and Allowable ACT Accommodations and English Learner (EL) Supports “ACT offers three contracted braille code options: UEB math/scienceUEB with NemethEBAE” |
| Tactile Graphics | AVAILABLE, Reading and Seeing Accommodations and Other Accommodations “Raised line drawings”“Graphs” | AVAILABLE, Defining Accessibility Supports, Applying Accessibility Supports, and Allowable ACT Accommodations and English Learner (EL) Supports “Tactile graphics are used in conjunction with: Screen reader softwarePre-recorded audio or a human reader for paper testingBraille test booklets have tactile graphics embedded.” | |
| Digital accessibility: Screen reader | ALLOWED, Reading and Seeing Accommodations and Other Accommodations (“Text-to-speech”) | ALLOWED, Defining Accessibility Supports, Applying Accessibility Supports, and Allowable ACT Accommodations and English Learner (EL) Supports | |
| Digital accessibility: Refreshable braille display | NOT MENTIONED See Reading and Seeing Accommodations and Other Accommodations | ALLOWED, Defining Accessibility Supports, Applying Accessibility Supports, and Allowable ACT Accommodations and English Learner (EL) Supports | |
| Digital accessibility: Screen magnifier | NOT MENTIONED See Reading and Seeing Accommodations and Other Accommodations | NOT MENTIONED See Defining Accessibility Supports, Applying Accessibility Supports, and Allowable ACT Accommodations and English Learner (EL) Supports | |
| Human Reader | ALLOWED, Reading and Seeing Accommodations and Other Accommodations | ALLOWED, Defining Accessibility Supports, Applying Accessibility Supports, and Allowable ACT Accommodations and English Learner (EL) Supports | |
| Scribe/Dictated response | ALLOWED, Other Accommodations | ALLOWED, Defining Accessibility Supports, Applying Accessibility Supports, and Allowable ACT Accommodations and English Learner (EL) Supports | |
| Student responds via assistive technology, e.g. word processor | ALLOWED, Other Accommodations “Computer (without spell-check, grammar-check, suggested text, or cut-and-paste features)” | ALLOWED, Defining Accessibility Supports, Applying Accessibility Supports, and Allowable ACT Accommodations and English Learner (EL) Supports (“Computer for the writing test.”) | |
| Braille Notetaker for student response | Probably ALLOWED, Other Accommodations, “Braille device for written responses” | ALLOWED, Defining Accessibility Supports, Applying Accessibility Supports, and Allowable ACT Accommodations and English Learner (EL) Supports | |
| Braille Writer for student response | NOT MENTIONED Probably ALLOWED, Other Accommodations, “Braille device for written responses” | ALLOWED, Defining Accessibility Supports, Applying Accessibility Supports, and Allowable ACT Accommodations and English Learner (EL) Supports | |
| Calculator on Calculator-allowed portions of test | For online versions, embedded in the test design; see Desmos Calculator flyer For paper version, NOT MENTIONED; see Reading and Seeing Accommodations and Other Accommodations | ALLOWED Defining Accessibility Supports, (“A calculator with features that make it usable for examinees with visual impairments, such as large key, braille, or talking. This is not the same as a standard calculator.”) Applying Accessibility Supports Allowable ACT Accommodations and English Learner (EL) Supports (“Accessible calculator (nonstandard, needs single room unless wearing headphones)”) | |
| Calculator on NO Calculator-allowed portions of test | ALLOWED, Other Accommodations (“Four-function calculator on noncalculator sections.”) | NOT ALLOWED | |
| If Additional Accommodations are Needed … | ALLOWED, Reading and Seeing Accommodations and Other Accommodations | ALLOWED Defining Accessibility Supports (“Uncommon accommodations needed by examinees to access the ACT test which are not available in the selections provided in the TAA system.”) Applying Accessibility Supports Allowable ACT Accommodations and English Learner (EL) Supports | |
