A learning disability may affect the way a student should be evaluated.  If so, special arrangements may be necessary.

1.  Allow the student to take tests in a separate, quiet room with a proctor.  Students with learning disabilities may be sensitive to  distractions.
2.  Grant time extensions on exams and written assignments when there are significant demands for reading and writing skills.
3.  Permit the use of assistive tools such as calculators, spell checkers or other materials that will assist the students.
4.  Allow students to use a reader, word processor, or tape recorder.
5.  Consider alternate test designs.  For example, some students with learning disabilities may find essay formats difficult.  A  student with visual perceptual problems may have trouble with tests requiring them to visually match different items.
6.  Consider alternate or supplementary assignments to evaluate a student's mastery of the course material.  Taped interviews, slide presentations, photographic essays or hand-made models may lead to more accurate measures of a student's knowledge.