The REACH (Reaching to Educate All Children for Heaven) initiative provides teachers with resources, training, and ongoing support.
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| Encourage students to stop for a moment, rest and take a few deep breaths if s/he panics during test taking |
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| Teach student not to change answers on tests unless s/he is positive that they are wrong |
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| Double-space and type handouts and tests |
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| Give many smaller assessments, rather than one large test |
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| Allow for alternate testing (oral, dictated, and written by another) |
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| Program worksheets, quizzes, and major assessments into a computer for students to use |
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| Provide extended time |
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| Have the student take his/her test in a quiet, undisturbed room |
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| With multiple-choice questions, use capital letters (ABCD) for answer choices to avoid confusion between “b” and “d” |
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| List definitions on the left, and the shorter names or terms on the right |
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| For essay questions, ask students to list the main points then let them explain their answers privately to the teacher |
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| If handwriting, spelling or syntax of the answer is unclear, have the student read their answers privately to the teacher |
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| In open-book tests, write the text page number as a reference by the questions |
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| Use alternative methods of assessment, i.e., demonstrations, projects, drama, music, art |
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| Ease the memory load—group test questions into sets of five rather than in a list of 20 or 30 questions |
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| Reduce the number of questions students are held responsible for, so they may finish at the same time as their classmates |
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| Give open-book, open-note tests |
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| Provide a word bank to use for “fill in the blank” sections |
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