Final STAAR Review!

Before choosing your "final answer" on any multiple choice test, how many answer choices should you look at?

• I can stop when I find one that could be right.

• It depends on the question.

• Only the longest answer - it's always right.

• Always read all answer choices.

Which of the following is NOT a reason why you should take your time on the STAAR test?

• Taking time to find proof for answers will increase your chances of getting the correct answer.

• Using a dictionary can help you get answers correct.

• The test is going to be so much fun that you will want it to last forever.

• You don't get to leave, talk, or use your phone anyway - so you might as well take that time to do your best on the test.

Why should you try to get a good night's sleep and eat a healthy breakfast before the STAAR test?

• The test is long and tiring - you need to be alert and have energy to be able to do your best.

• So that you can speed through the test without reading all of it.

• So that you will know what all of the words mean and not have to use a dictionary.

• The test is so easy that you don't need to mentally or physically prepare at all.

On testing day, you should:

• Be nervous and assume you will fail.

• Be confident.

• Not care whether or not you pass.

• Be so confident that you do not take your time or use your testing tools/strategies.

If a question says to look at a photograph and its caption, you can always get the question correct by just looking at the photograph.

• True

• False

It's a waste of time to look back in the story for proof for your answers.

• True

• False

If you come across a really hard question, what should you do (SELECT MULTIPLE ANSWERS)?

• Spend up to 30 minutes on that question right then - it doesn't matter if you end up not finishing the test.

• Use process of elimination to narrow down answers.

• Skip it and come back later (making sure to flag that question).

• Use dictionaries, context, and other strategies and tools.

If you have answered a question using testing strategies and the tools you've been taught, it is better *not* to second-guess yourself and change your answer.

• True

• False

If you had to guess at an answer, it is a good idea to go back when you finish the test and look at the question again.

• True

• False

Sometimes on the STAAR, there are multiple answers that are technically not wrong, but that ask you to only select ONE answer. In that case, which is true?

• They will both be counted correct, so pick either one.

• All answer choices are wrong.

• Two are equally correct.

• There is always an answer that is better.