Testing Tips

Simple habits will lead to school success

Your child may have a math test next Tuesday. Or she may be taking a test at the end of the marking period. Later in the year, she'll probably take state tests.

Whatever test she's facing, there are a few tips that can help her be successful:

• Encourage regular review. The best way to study for a test is not to study just for that test. That's because regular study and review is the best way for a child to learn.
• Be sure your child goes to school every day. When your child is there as the teacher is presenting information, she has a chance to ask questions. She can practice a skill and then have her teacher check her work.
• Help your child get organized. Each day, help your child make a list of everything that's due the next day. If there is a big test next week, help her divide study material into smaller sections.

Reprinted with permission from the November 2010 issue of Parents make the difference!® (Elementary School Edition) newsletter. Copyright © 2010 The Parent Institute®, a division of NIS, Inc. Source: "Test Taking Tips for Parents," www.testtakingtips.com/parents/index.htm.