Can a college force a disabled student to take a placement test?
A. Yes. Disabled students are not exempt from taking placement tests provided that all other entering students take those same tests. Disabled students should speak with the appropriate college personnel and make sure that they receive appropriate testing accommodations for these tests. This is an area of concern for many students with learning disabilities and a number of colleges are modifying their testing mechanisms to more appropriately assess the knowledge of students with disabilities, so that the placement testing does not evaluate the impact of the disability, but rather the actual skills intended to be tested.
