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" Standardized testing skills : "
Guinevere Durham
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646411
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Durham, Guinevere,1937-
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Standardized testing skills : : strategies, techniques, activities to help raise students' scores /\ Guinevere Durham
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vi, 151 pages ;; 24 cm
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9781610489942 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 1610489942 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9781610489959 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 1610489950 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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9781610489966 (electronic)
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Includes bibliographical references
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| Contents
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Test-wiseness: what, when, why, and how -- The state criterion referenced testing of students -- The types of tests and categories of test questions -- Construction of test items -- Weekly format and lesson plans -- Techniques: the anxiety factor -- Techniques: format familiarity -- Styles of learning -- Following directions -- Guessing: narrow to two or eliminate incorrect choices -- Guessing: judging answers -- Working backwards -- Key words -- Selecting multiple-choice answers -- Pacing -- Math -- Social studies and science -- Maps, graphs, tables, charts, and diagrams -- Comprehension -- Sequencing -- Writing -- Everyone's role: teacher, parent, student -- Wind down and wrap up -- Appendixes: A. Definitions of testing terms -- B. Websites of each state department of education -- C. Game chart -- D. Suggested weekly lesson plan -- E. Daily lesson plan -- F. Key words in test directions and questions
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"The purpose of the No Child Left Behind of 2002 was to "drive broad gains in student achievement and to hold states and schools more accountable." As early as third grade, students are required to master the grade curriculum while also becoming proficient in test taking skills. 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"--
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Test-taking skills-- Study and teaching
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Educational tests and measurements
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371.26
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LB3060.57.D86 2014
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