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This Education World archive presents 36 tips for motivating students to do their best on standardized tests. Entries offer student incentives to do well on tests, tips for test preparation and stress relief, ideas for involving parents and the community, and more.

Testing Tips Volume 36
Is It Hard?

Testing Tips Volume 35
Attendance Incentives

Testing Tips Volume 34
Psych!

Testing Tips Volume 33
Is It Door Number…?

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Testing Tips Volume 32
Check Your Work!

Testing Tips Volume 31
No Time Left

Testing Tips Volume 30
Stress Less

Testing Tips Volume 29
Rubric Aid

Testing Tips Volume 28
Time Management

Testing Tips Volume 27
What’s Wrong?

Testing Tips Volume 26
Read the Directions

Testing Tips Volume 25
Test Vocabulary

Testing Tips Volume 24
Go It Alone

Testing Tips Volume 23
A Guessing Game

Testing Tips Volume 22
Tell Me Why!

Testing Tips Volume 21
Essay Steps

Testing Tips Volume 20
Bubble Up!

Testing Tips Volume 19
A Familiar Format

Testing Tips Volume 18
Time Travails

Testing Tips Volume 17
What’s a…?

Testing Tips Volume 16
The Long and Short of It

Testing Tips Volume 15
A Test Tour

Testing Tips Volume 14
A Test Rehearsal

Testing Tips Volume 13
Testing Matters

Testing Tips Volume 12
Word Perfect

Testing Tips Volume 11
There’s a Problem

Testing Tips Volume 10
Wake Up!

Testing Tips Volume 9
Testing! Testing!

Testing Tips Volume 8
Parent Partners

Testing Tips Volume 7
Just Relax

Testing Tips Volume 6
Work Your Brain

Testing Tips Volume 5
Just In Time

Testing Tips Volume 4
You Are What You Eat

Testing Tips Volume 3
Anxiety Attack

Testing Tips Volume 2
Practice! Practice! Practice!

Testing Tips Volume 1
Are They Ready?