GENERAL POINTERS FOR PARENTS

• Have high expectations for academic success
• Supervise child’s study habits at home
• Keep track of child’s progress at school
• Monitor time spent on extra-curricular activities (watching TV)
• Ensure that child does homework regularly
• Keep in touch with other parents at school
• Know the school’s discipline code
• Help your child keep pace
• Keep an open communication with your child, your child’s teachers and school staff

Test Taking Tips 

• Teach your child it is ok :
• To reread a passage while answering questions
• Read the questions about the passage before reading the passage itself
• Reread the written directions and listen carefully to the spoken directions
• Ask questions about the directions (if needed)
• Fill in the bubbles correctly
• Read all the answers to the multiple choice questions before picking the best answer
• Use the process of elimination to narrow down to the best answer
• Answer as many questions as possible and do not get stuck on one question
• Answer all the easy ones first and then go back to the difficult ones
• If points are not deducted for wrong answers, always guess at an answer
• Always go back and reread the questions and check the answers if there is extra time
• Make sure the child has a good night rest and a healthy breakfast
• Make sure your child reports to school on time to take the test