Standardized Testing Skills [electronic resource] : Strategies, Techniques, Activities To Help Raise Students' Scores

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Durham, Guinevere.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational tests and measurements.

Test-taking skills--Study and teaching.

Test-taking skills.

Local Subjects:

Educational tests and measurements.

Test-taking skills--Study and teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (159 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : R&L Education, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

These young children now experience the stress of having to "pass" the test in order to be promoted (a process continued through high school graduation.). Standardized Testing Skills provides the materials that prepare teachers, parents and students for this undertaking.

Contents:

Contents; 1 Test-Wiseness: What, When, Why, and How; 2 The State Criterion Referenced Testing of Students; 3 The Types of Tests and Categories of Test Questions; 4 Construction of Test Items; 5 Weekly Format and Lesson Plans; 6 Techniques: The Anxiety Factor; 7 Techniques: Format Familiarity; 8 Styles of Learning; 9 Following Directions; 10 Guessing: Narrow to Two or Eliminate Incorrect Choices; 11 Guessing: Judging Answers; 12 Working Backwards; 13 Key Words; 14 Selecting Multiple-Choice Answers; 15 Pacing; 16 Math; 17 Social Studies and Science; 18 Maps, Graphs, Tables, Charts, and Diagrams

19 Comprehension20 Sequencing; 21 Writing; 22 Everyone's Role: Teacher, Parent, Student; 23 Wind Down and Wrap Up; Appendix A: Definitions of Testing Terms; Appendix B: Websites of Each State Department of Education; Appendix C: Game Chart; Appendix D: Suggested Weekly Lesson Plan; Appendix E: Daily Lesson Plan; Appendix F: Key Words in Test Directions and Questions; Notes; References; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-61048-996-9