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Testing Rooms for Students with Approved Accommodations

Standard Room

Students with standard time and the accommodations listed below can all test together:

Large-print (Students using large-print free-response booklets for hybrid digital exams should be seated in the back of the testing room to minimize opportunities for cheating.)
Magnification device—Nonelectronic (also known as magnifier)
Printed copy of verbal instructions
Food/drink/medication
Wheelchair accessibility
Preferential seating
Colored overlay
Auditory Amplification
Sign language interpreter for oral instructions
Permission to test blood sugar (It’s recommended that students approved to use a mobile device to monitor blood sugar be seated near the proctor.)
Breaks: Extended and/or Breaks: Extra (It’s recommended that these students are situated together if testing in the Standard Room. They can also test in the Timing Accommodated Room.)
Braille writer (for fully digital exams)
Small group setting (If the number of students in testing room is 15 or fewer, and student is testing with standard time; otherwise, the student should test in a Separate Accommodated Room.)
Screen Reader or Embedded Text-to-Speech with headphones (with standard time)
Other assistance—College Board SSD office will confirm

Students with the accommodations listed below can all test together:

For AP World Languages and Cultures: Extended time—Only students with the same amount of extended time accommodations can test in the same room. For example, students with up to time and one-half should test separately from students with up to double time.
For AP Music Theory: Extended time–Students with varying extended time accommodations (up to time and one-half, up to double time, or more) can test in the same room.
Breaks: Extended and/or Breaks: Extra (Students approved for extra and/or extended breaks, and no additional timing accommodations, may also test in the Standard Room.)
Breaks as Needed
Screen Reader or Embedded Text-to-Speech with headphones (with extended time)

Students with the accommodations listed below must be tested in a separate accommodated room:

Dictation
Human reader
Writer/Scribe
One-to-one testing
Screen Reader or Embedded Text-to-Speech testing without headphones
An accommodation that may disturb other students (e.g., equipment that makes noise)

Students with the accommodations listed below must be tested in a one-to-one setting:

Dictation
Human reader
Writer/Scribe
One-to-one testing
Screen Reader or Embedded Text-to-Speech testing without headphones
An accommodation that may disturb other students (e.g., equipment that makes noise)