(adapted from Stephanie Lancaster, EdD, OTR/L):
- Schedule exam at a different time for the student with accommodations
- Provide multiple versions of the same test
- Change the format of testing/assessment from multiple choice to:
- Essay
- Student creates a “visual” of a term, concept or process
- Alternatives to traditional testing
- Consider giving mini-assessments rather than a standard midterm/final exam. If that format is used, it may also be feasible to require each learner to identify a resource to justify their response for each item on the test (listing a page number in a textbook, etc.) - there is evidence that doing so facilitates learning and longer-term storage of information, plus it reduces random guessing and answer-sharing between classmates.