Standardized tests are...

• Something every student has to take.

• An opportunity to check your progress.

• Required for college, the military & some jobs.

• All of these.

Choose TWO: Before testing, it is important to...

• Get a good night's sleep.

• Eat something to fuel your brain.

• Confront your friend about lying.

• Ask your crush if they like you.

If you feel anxious, which of the following is NOT a helpful strategy?

• Take deep breaths.

• Tell yourself, "This sucks" or "I'm so dumb."

• Take a minute to stretch.

• Tell yourself, "I'm doing my best."

Three's a charm means...

• Make 3 guesses before quitting.

• You can skip 3 questions.

• Go over the test questions 3 times.

• Three answers are always wrong.

Using the process of elimination strategy, if you can eliminate one wrong answer (out of four), what are your chances of guessing correctly?

• 25%

• 33%

• 50%

• 75%

On those long reading passages, what do the BEST, most successful readers do?

• Skim the passage quickly to save time.

• Skip around the text just to find answers.

• Randomly guess on questions they don't know.

• Go back and reread to find or confirm answers.

If you don't know the meaning of a word, you should...

• Just skip it and keep going.

• Grab a dictionary off the shelf.

• Ask your teacher what it means.

• Use context clues to figure it out.

What are "qualifier" words used in questions?

• Words that make a question tricky.

• Words like ALWAYS and NEVER.

• Words that require more thought and careful thinking.

• All of these.

Choose TWO answers. What is the Rocking Chair Test?

• Checking to make sure a chair is stable.

• It helps us put the test into perspective.

• A way to help yourself be less anxious.

• It's used by Amish furniture makers.

To COMPARE means...

• To look for similarities between two or more things.

• To look at the details and understand why.

• To look for differences between two or more things.

• To provide evidence and reasoning.