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How to Overcome Test Anxiety

Health & Science, Standardized Tests April 30, 2015 at 7:30 am

From classroom tests to final exams to large assessments like the SAT and next week’s AP exams, students have a lot of tests to take. Our school system starts testing students at a young age, and everyone knows the connection that test scores have to magnet and private school admission,Read More

The Benefits of Multiple Practice Tests on Standardized Test Performance

The Benefits of Multiple Practice Tests on Standardized Test Performance

SAT & ACT, Study Skills February 26, 2015 at 8:30 am

Retesting and How It Can Help You Achieve the Score You Want Standardized tests are usually stressful for students. This is understandable, as everyone knows that a strong (or weak) score can have a huge impact on college or private school admissions. To help improve test-taking performance, students and theirRead More

Research Suggests Decisions Requiring More Time are Linked to Lack of Confidence

Research Suggests Decisions Requiring More Time are Linked to Lack of Confidence

Standardized Tests, Study Skills December 23, 2014 at 2:22 pm

New evidence from a 2014 study by New York University neuroscientists suggests that decisions requiring more time are interpreted by our brains as being overall less confident decisions. The study found that when we take less time to make a decision, our brains consider such decisions as very confident. WhileRead More

Evaluations: boon or burden?

Evaluations: boon or burden?

National K-12, Recommendations December 23, 2013 at 4:15 pm

Recently, major national news sources covered topics which Thesis has been following for some time now: teacher evaluations and national standardized testing norms.  First, on December 18th,  Al Jazeera America drew its readership’s attention to how schools all over the country have had to postpone (or even sacrifice) designing andRead More