For example, this may be easier to do if you are a middle school teacher, as opposed to being an elementary school teacher where the maturity level is at a point where it may be unable to process a concept of this type. Students will run across questions that are more difficult than most. Inform them to skip any questions that will require too much time to figure out the answers. They can come back to the skipped items later. Make sure that the students understand this before test day.
Time is very important.
To help the students out, don t forget to keep the amount of time that they have for each section on the board. Do this in ten or fifteen minute increments. As always, some students will finish well ahead of time. When they finish a section, remind them to return to the skipped items and to finish them. For those students who actually finish the test, inform them to review their responses as well as to make sure that the circles on the answer sheet are all darkened.