Test+Taking+Strategies

1 ﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿. Get a good night’s rest each night of testing week.  3. Be on time each day.  4. BELIEVE in yourself!  5. RELAX. Remember, the best teachers have prepared you for this.  6. Read the directions for each section carefully.  7. Read each item carefully.  8. Answer the easier items first. Come back to the more difficult ones. the process of elimination. Most questions have one choice you should be able to eliminate quickly. If two are similar, the answer is likely one of the two, giving you a 50/50 chance of getting the correct answer. 9. For constructed response items, show all steps and explain your thinking thoroughly. 10. For the composition, stick to the topic, and remember the points emphasized in your classes. All of those essays you have written in the last few years were assigned to prepare you for this. 11. Check over your work.
 *  2 **. Eat a good breakfast eachday.