Whether tests, quizzes, or standardized tests, students with ADHD should use specific strategies to help performance. For these strategies to be effective, it will depend on what was done beforehand. Include reading and understanding materials being evaluated. Prepare early and take frequent breaks. Avoid waiting until the last minute to limit stress.
Maintain a positive attitude.
- Ask for accommodations (i.e. read-to, extended time, calculator, scribe).
- Begin with adequate test-taking supplies.
- Listen to last-minute instructions.
- Understand the test by reading it in its entirety.
- Ask for read-to/read-to selected accommodation. Reread if necessary.
- Start with the easiest problems/questions.
- Read the entire question before answering.
- Analyze images/diagrams.
- Review every answer for accuracy.
- Ask for read-to/read-to selected accommodation if usure what question means.
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