Reference Desk
- Is My Child On Track?
- Kindergarten Readiness
- Learning To Read
- Types of Schools
- Learning Personalities
- Standards and Testing
- Gifted Children
- The Early Years (3-5)
- The Middle Years (6-12)
- The Teen Years (13-18)
- Parent-School Connection
- Your Parenting Style
- Keeping Your Kids Healthy
- Extracurricular Activities
- Life Skills
- Thinking About College
- Special Needs
Standards and Testing
Tests, big and small, inspire fear in the hearts of many children and adolescents. What is a parent to do? We have gathered a number of articles to help you understand different kinds of testing including standardized and psychological assessments, as well provide ideas for soothing your child’s anxious test-taking mind as they prepare for the next big test.
Test Anxiety & Motivation
- Anxiety
- The Role of Emotions in Learning
- Brain Block Happens! You Can Help
- Helping Children Overcome Test Anxiety
- Helping Students Cope with Test Anxiety
- "But Mom, What If I Don't Get An A?"
- Five Reasons to Stop Saying "Good Job!"
- The Case Against Gold Stars
- KidsPoll: How Kids Cope With Stress
- Helping Kids Cope With Stress
- Stressed-Out Kids: The Mind-Body Connection
- Dealing with Stress
- How to Ace Exams...Without the Family Fight!
Standardized and Admissions Testing
- Standardized Testing: Frequently Asked Questions
- Parents' Frequently Asked Questions About NAEP
- The Debate Over National Testing
- Implications of High-Stakes Testing for Students with Learning Disabilities
- What Standardized Tests Do and Don't Tell You
- How Standardized Testing Damages Education
- Educational & Admissions Testing
- Is the SAT in Trouble?
- 5 Tips to Help Your Kids Ace Their SAT
Psychological and Educational Tests
- Selecting the Test Administrator
- Understanding and Preparing Your Child for Psychoeducational Testing
- Understanding the Results of Psychoeducational Testing
- Understanding Testing Lingo
- Selecting the Test
- Commonly Used Testing Instruments
- Multiple-Choice Tests
- Norm-Referenced Achievement Tests
- Criterion and Standards-Referenced Tests
- Above-Level Testing
- Readiness Tests
Studying & Test-Taking Strategies
- Studying Strategies for Y2K
- Effective Study & Test-Taking Strategies for Kids with Learning Difficulties
- Test-Taking Tips
- Helping Your Child with Test-Taking
- Help Your Child Get Organized
- Vigorous Activity Linked to Higher Grades in Middle Schoolers
- Taking the Angst Out of Analogies
- 50 Words the SAT Loves
- 7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens
- Tackling "Theme" in Literature
- Introducing the Five-Paragraph Essay
- When Your Child Hates the Textbook
