If a student needs a “reduced distraction testing environment,” is a classroom with other students quiet enough?
Talk with the student regarding his or her needs. Students with ADHD, for example, are easily distracted and many do need an environment quieter than the typical classroom. The Testing Services Center has reduced-distraction testing spaces, or if the instructor and student agree, they can work together to find a suitable location. That location should not be in a hallway or in an office with a phone ringing or other interruptions. It is also not appropriate to move the student from one location to another during the test, as the move itself becomes a distraction.
