SAT/ACT extra time in Houston

A HISD or suburban 504 does not carry over to the SAT. Houston families still file a packet. The writer is usually a certified educational diagnostician in private practice — Houston or Bellaire — and the testing company decides, not the counselor.

We list independent Texas evaluators who do SAT/ACT accommodation testing — including Houston.

Browse Texas SAT/ACT evaluators

Start from the registration date

Review queues eat weeks. Families in this metro lose a sitting when they treat the campus plan as the application and book testing in October for a November exam. Work backward from the company’s published deadline. “Done” means a PDF you can upload, not a last subtest scored in the car.

The packet is a recent comprehensive evaluation plus a specific ask: extra time, breaks, a reader, a separate room. History from school helps. It is not the file.

Who writes Houston packets

Parents hire a certified educational diagnostician. Ask whether they have submitted SAT or ACT documentation and whether they will revise if the first review comes back with questions. Nobody on this directory is pre-cleared by the testing companies. There is no badge for that.

If the underlying issue is reading, say so at intake so the battery actually measures it — dyslexia testing in Houston.

What has to be on the page

A diagnosis or identification that matches the request.
Scores that explain why standard timing fails.
Accommodation language you can copy onto the form.

Fees

Private comprehensive evaluations in Texas typically land around $800–$2,500. Confirm hours, the written report, and a parent conference. A few weeks is a fair private timeline if they have an opening.