Pay attention to your child’s feelings stay calm when the become anxious about a situation or event recognize and praise small accomplishments don’t punish mistakes to lake of progress be flexible and maintain a routine modify expectations dure stressful moments plan transitions
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You open the test and read the first question, and you think, “I cannot remember a single answer.” You know that you stayed up all night studying for this test and you were prepared. Despite your preparedness you see your grade going in another direction. Test Anxiety and High-Stakes Test Performance Between School Settings: Implications for Educators was written by Nathaniel Von Der Embse and Ramzi Hasson. The purpose of this study was to correlate high stakes testing with increased anxiety in teens. According to the article, students have had difficulty in classroom settings when it comes to test taking. “High stakes tests have become the indicators of student progress and school effectiveness under No Child Left Behind” (Von Der Embse & Hasson, 2012). High stakes tests can cause a student to have anxiety at the time of the test and cause them to not do as well. In recent years, teachers have noticed educational gaps in the learning process for students. Students that live in suburban and urban areas are seeing testing gaps become larger. The increased testing in schools have raised anxiety levels in students both at home and in the