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Test Preparation

K-12 Resources for Teachers, Students and Parents

This is compilation of Internet resources that provide information, documentation and materials (lesson plans, practice material, instructional videos, etc.) in the area of test preparation. These are worthy of your review and use as may be useful. They are not presented in any special/preferential order. Information in parentheses alongside the web address is the title of the web page being accessed.

Overcoming Test Anxiety
http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/showknow/default.html  - a great resource; much, much information and worthy of close review. Coverage of many topics and provides access to a teaching video on test taking strategies for instructors. Well worth the time to explore in depth (home page of the Los Angeles County schools).

Objective Test Taking skills
http://www.sas.calpoly.edu/asc/ssl/tests.objective.html - geared for teacher-made tests; gives brief, surface level tips; much focus on test-wiseness skills; appropriate for older students (gr. 7-12).

No Pain, High Gain: Standardized Test Preparation
http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/assessment/nopain.htm - concise and provides sound strategies for teaching reading and math (as associated with testing formats) as well as more general strategies for test taking skills; good ideas for elementary teachers and students, and does a nice job of linking instructional approaches to test preparation.

Taking the Stress Out
http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/assessment/take_out_pencils.htm - core suggestions for reducing test anxiety in students; short and to the point, it is worth an inspection; internet references to other documents/materials also provided.