Strategy Tip: Eliminating Test Anxiety

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Don’t let test anxiety sabotage your test success!

Do you or your student have test anxiety?

If so, here are five tips to help reduce this unwanted stress.

  1. Acknowledge the fear. Talking about anxiety helps reduce it.
  2. Sleep! Lack of sleep reduces defenses and relaxes them.
  3. Do not participate in other student’s concerns as everyone waits for the test to commence.
  4. Allow enough time to get to the test without hurrying.
  5. Sit where you can see the clock, so you can pace yourself to finish in enough time.

Following these tips will help eliminate test anxiety. Successful testing!