Kansas: What Every Parent Should Know About Kansas Academic Standards & Assessment

Homework Help

•  Set aside a regular time and location for study
•  Break information into chunks
•  Provide a quiet, well-lit place to study
•  Allow time for some after school fun
•  Show interest and practice with your child
•  Praise a job well done

• observing students in the classroom;
• evaluating their day-to-day classwork;
• grading their homework assignments;
• meeting their parents; and
• keeping close track of how students change and grow throughout the year.

How to Avoid Test Anxiety

• space studying over days or weeks. Avoid
• cramming the night before. Cramming
• increases anxiety which interferes with clear
• thinking.
• get a good night’s sleep. Rest, exercise, and eating well are as important to test-taking as they are to other school work.
• read the directions carefully when a teacher
• hands out the test. If your child doesn’t
• understand the question, he or she should
• ask the teacher to explain.
•  look quickly at the entire examination to see
• what types of questions are included.
• give their best guess instead of leaving questions unanswered on the state assessments.