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Official FCBOE Testing Policy Letter
CRCT Testing Dates:
All Grades (1st - 5th)
April 16th - 22nd, 2008
Georgia DOE: CRCT Testing Information
Helpful Hints for Improving Test Scores
Helpful Testing Information
Help Your
Child Improve in Test-Taking
This U. S. Department of Education site offers many helpful hints for
parents.
Assessment
Resource Center
Another U. S. Department of Education site with links to lots of
information and resources for testing.
K-5
Parent's Guide to Standardized Tests
This Family Education site answers many questions about standardized
tests, sample elementary test questions for parents, and brain-powered
activities to do with your children.
Georgia
Standards
Check out what the Georgia learning standards are for your child's
grade level. Choose the curriculum area and the grade level, click on
Standards and then Search to see the content standards for each subject
area.
Tips for Helping Your Child Be a Successful Test Taker:
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Do praise your child for the things he or she does well, and be supportive of his or her efforts, especially in areas or activities that are challenging. Kids who feel good about themselves and their abilities-and who aren't fearful about making mistakes-will feel more confident, and less anxious, when taking the test.
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Do talk with your child about what they're doing in class and ask what he or she is reading. Studies show that kids who talked with their families on a weekly basis about school and what they were reading scored higher on the national standardized reading test than kids who talked about these things with their families less often.
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Do limit your child's TV time. Studies show that kids who watched fewer than three hours of television a day scored higher on the national reading test than those who watched more.
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Do express a positive attitude about the test and confidence in your child's ability to do well on it. Research shows that parents' and teachers' attitudes influence children's attitudes. So if you're upbeat and encouraging about the test, your child is likely to feel good about it.
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Do encourage your child to read-newspapers, magazines, food labels, recipes, letters, and instructions, in addition to fiction and nonfiction books. Test makers draw on a wide variety of formats when choosing items to evaluate reading comprehension skills.
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Do realize that putting too much emphasis on the test and the results can increase your child's anxiety about the test. Too much anxiety can prevent your child from doing his or her best.
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Do reassure your child that test scores are only one measure of his or her abilities, not the whole picture. Don't judge your child on the basis of his or her test score.
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Do ensure that your child gets a good night's sleep the night before the test and eats a nutritious breakfast the day of the test.
*These tips were taken from the January issue of "Creative Classroom".
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