Index of High Stakes Testing

• Mastering the Essay Test - Ten Quick Tips
  This handout provides students with ten tips to improve performance on essay exam questions.
• Read the Directions! Exerecise
  Students taking tests regularly skip over directions only to find they have misunderstood what they were being asked to do, and hence, performed poorly on the test. This exercise is designed to give them practice in reading test directions and locating key words. Regardless of the subject you teach, this exercise should prove useful for improving test-taking skills.
• Sample Essay Exam Exercise
  This exercise will engage your students in a critical review of two essay exams. It provides a prompt, a sample essay which is to be graded by students, followed by a written analysis of each essay.
• Sample Essay Test Prompts
  Use these sample prompts when teaching students essay test writing skills.
• Sample Rubric
  This sample rubric is designed for a ninth grade writing assessment. It clearly shows one way of designing a rubric that is easily used and can be shared with students.
• Strategies for Taking Multiple Choice Tests
  Help students recognize successful techniques for answering test questions.
• Stress Busters Guide
  This guide presents seven easy steps to mastering stress. It is an excellent resource to give to students, particularly at the end of the year.
• Student Remediation Plan
  Use this Remediation Plan template to lay out a plan for students who are in need of intervention/remediation. It can be used for high stakes testing situations, if there is no formal remediation plan required by your school or district. It can also be used for mid-semester reviews or project-based work.
• Test-Taking Strategies - A Game Plan to Win
  This handy reference tool can be given to students and/or used as a guide when teaching basic test-taking strategies.