Description: How a child performs in first grade has little or zero effect on his or her getting into college twelve years later, right? Wrong! With standardized, state-mandated testing starting as early as first grade and continuing through high school, parents across the nation are becoming increasingly concerned that their children may not perform at their grade level. Get Ready for Standardized Tests empowers parents to become active participants in helping even their most test-anxious children acquire the skills needed to excel at their annual exams.

Get Ready for Standardized Tests is the first and only grade-specific test preparation series geared towards parents and children. Brimming with expert tips and techniques for parents who want to help optimize their children's performance on tests, these study techniques provide learning and practice methods developed to improve and reinforce the skills that will be required on the very tests the students will be taking. Practice exercises help students internalize the right skills while allowing parents to gauge their children's progress.

Each grade-specific volume features:
-- Authoritative information on what standardized tests are designed to gauge, how they're used by states, which states require them, what students must know in each grade in order to perform at or above grade level, and what scores mean
-- Clear explanations of the types of questions commonly found on standardized tests (verbal and math), how they are constructed, and the skills they're designed to test
-- Numerous practice sessions on necessary skills with study tips and techniques for students and parents
-- Drills and practice tests help ease the concernsof students who suffer from test anxiety
-- Guidelines on how to approach each type of question
-- An abundance of test-style exercises and drills with fully explained answers reinforce each skill
-- A full-length sample test with explained answers to experience taking the actual exam

Parents who worry how well their children will do on their standardized tests can now take a proactive role in improving their kids' academic progress and accomplishments with the tips and tools provided in each volume of Get Ready for Standardized Tests.

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