STANDERIZED  TESTING

It is that time in the school year when Teachers are giving our students their standardized tests for the year to see if they are ready to advance to the next grade level.  Some Teachers are very casual about the tests and go over simple test taking procedures and review the skills the students had a harder time with during the school year.  Other Teachers have packets that they use daily with their students, and each day they emphasis how important it is that each student do their best on the test.  Some just keep drilling this into the students minds and end up making some students over-anxious about the test.  That is NOT something that you would ever want to do to any student, because that student will NOT be able to perform well on the test.  You want your students to know the information but also to feel comfortable when taking the test.