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Download full textGED Testing Service, 2019
The GED® test was built from the ground up to give students a test that measures the skills they need to succeed. The test focuses on the foundational knowledge and skills needed for career and college readiness, so colleges and employers know that students who pass the GED® test have the skills to excel on the job or in the classroom. This…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Equivalency Tests, Scores, Test Coaching
Direct linkFuhrken, Charles – Stenhouse Publishers, 2011
Tests require a special kind of savvy, a kind of critical thinking and knowledge application that is not always a part of classroom reading experiences. Who better to teach you how to prepare your students for reading tests than someone who has written them? Charles Fuhrken has spent years working with several major testing companies and…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Reading Tests, Testing, Standardized Tests
Kroen, William – Instructor, 1987
Among suggestions for teachers who wish to prepare their students for testing are: help students better understand test directions and format; caution students not to speed through "easy" questions to save time for "harder" ones; and schedule extra time to practice on similar tests. (CB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Test Coaching, Test Wiseness
Thirlaway, Joanne; Duckett, Ian – Learning and Skills Network (NJ3), 2007
A-levels in Travel and Tourism are unitised qualifications that should take a minimum of two years to achieve. Successful completion of year one results in the candidate achieving a qualification in its own right: an AS level. This AS level will be deemed a single or a double award depending on how many units have been assessed. A single award…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 11, Grade 12, Educational Attainment
Chase, Margaret E. – New Educator, 2006
This essay discusses the author's encounter with PRAXIS II test preparation questions that distort and misrepresent complex reading processes. Three sample test items are presented and discussed.
Descriptors: Test Items, Teacher Competency Testing, Reading Teachers, Test Coaching
Peer reviewedHills, John R. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1984
This quiz and its explanations are designed to help teachers and counselors assist students in deciding the meaning of their scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test and the American College Test. (BW)
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, High Schools, Scores, Test Coaching
McLellan, Jim; Craig, Cheryl – Education Canada, 1989
Outlines the benefits of test taking skills, especially for low ability and disadvantaged students, and suggests that achievement tests provide valid assessments only of students with the requisite test taking skills. Offers 13 strategies for teachers to prepare students for testing. Contains 19 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Test Coaching
Curriculum Review, 2006
One major impediment to raising test scores is that the tests simply cover more than a teacher can practically teach during the entire school year--much less during the eight and a half months before the testing weeks. Therefore, it is necessary to prioritize the concepts and standards that teachers will cover within their classroom curricula.…
Descriptors: Test Coaching, Needs Assessment, Scores, Concept Teaching
Peer reviewedLund, Tony – Science Teacher, 1994
Describes a game that was developed in lieu of the traditional end of the chapter review used to assess student knowledge of a subject. (ZWH)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Evaluation, Learning Activities, Review (Reexamination)
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Div. of Curriculum and Instruction. – 1981
Samples of classroom activities designed to provide practice in specific test-taking skills are provided for use by teachers in the New York City school system. This guide provides activities that aid children in following instructions, time management, use of separate answer sheets, answer choice, and scanning and skimming. Unacceptable teaching…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedChaika, Glori – Clearing House, 1985
Describes a test-taking course designed to prepare seventh-grade students for the SAT.
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Course Content, Elementary Secondary Education, Standardized Tests
Nevada State Dept. of Education, Carson City. – 2003
The Nevada Criterion Referenced Tests (CRT) mandated by legislation are designed to provide a means of measuring student academic achievement and proficiency in the Nevada State Content and Performance Standards. This review guide is intended to be used by teachers and administrators as a tool to complement current efforts at preparing students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Education, State Programs
San Diego City Schools, CA. – 1999
This document provides guidelines relative to the appropriate administration of and preparation for the State Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program norm-referenced tests in the San Diego City Schools. The STAR tests are norm-referenced tests, and this document is intended to assure that standardized conditions in testing mirror the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Guides, Norm Referenced Tests, Standardized Tests
Peer reviewedHiatt, Arthur; Allen, William E. – Mathematics Teacher, 1994
Includes two activities: (1) a skit to review variations of the trigonometric functions, and (2) a geometry problem about maximizing costs that exposes students to a variety of different solution strategies and makes the material more meaningful. (MKR)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Geometry, Learning Activities, Mathematics Instruction
Redencich, Marguerite C. – Forum for Reading, 1985
Based on the classic test-wiseness principles of J. Millman, C. H. Bishop, and R. Ebel, the STAR strategy streamlines the taking of timed tests. Before explaining the strategy to students, the instructor can convince students of the advantages of the strategy by administering a short test to determine students' test-wiseness. The STAR strategy…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Essay Tests, Objective Tests, Student Evaluation
