United StatesSetting: Preferential Seating
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Procedure
- Review the room and identify all areas that may create distractions or provide best placements for individual students.
- Before asking a student to test in a location, make sure that both you and the student have tried to work in the space for an extended period of time.
- While a student may work well in a study carrel during regular instructional activities, he or she may not do as well during an assessment.
- While a student may work well in the front row during instruction, your presence at the desk may prove distracting for the student during a test situa- tion.
Cautions
Students should be comfortable in special placements during assessments. Take care to ensure that the preferential seating is not perceived as punishment.
Excerpted from Assessment Accommodations Toolkit.
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