State Test Strategies

What should you do when you hear the 10 minute warning if you are not finished?

• Continue reading the passage

• Answer any blank questions

• Finish annotating the passage

• Click submit

When taking the multiple choice portion, I should stop and write the ______ anytime I get a new passage.

Approximately how many minutes should you spend on each passage and set of questions?

• 25-30

• 10-15

• 45-50

• 5-10

What should you do if you are stuck and spending too much time on a really challenging question?

• Keep trying until you figure it out

• Skip it and come back at the end

• Leave it blank and click submit

• Spend all your time on that question

True or False: You should use your scratch paper in the way that best helps you.

• True

• False

What should you do if you finish and there is still time remaining?

• Click submit and take a nap

• Overthink and change your answers

• Check over your answers

• Stare at your screen until the test is over

How many questions is the multiple choice portion?

During the test, you should...

• Move as quickly as you can.

• Take your time and stay focused.

• Skip around the test and look outside.

• Think about what you am going to do at lunch.

When answering the multiple choice questions, what should you do?

• choose the first answer that sounds right to me.

• read all the answer choices before picking one.

• say, "eeny meeny miney moe" to pick an answer.

• ask a friend or teacher to help me.

What strategy should you use in the following scenario:

There is 10 mins left during the test. You just completed answering all the questions. What should you do?

• Submit my test and be proud that I am the first one to be done

• Start to change answers because I have too many "B" choices on my scantron
  
• Review the entire test and revisit the questions that were tricky

• Put my head down on the desk and sleep until time is called.