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SMART Test Taking Tips - Prepare with the Right Attitude

Get ready for the TAKS test with SMART Test Taking Tips. Relax, trust your teachers, pace yourself, and do your best to ensure success.

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SMART Test Taking Tips - Prepare with the Right Attitude

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  1. SMART Test Taking Tips Preparing a positive attitude is the best way to prepare for the TAKS test. But a few SMART Test Taking Tips can never hurt. BE SMART about taking tests.

  2. The Night Before the Test Everybody knows to get a good nights sleep, but don’t go to bed so early that you lay awake worrying. You may want to lay out your clothes for the morning, put your backpack by the door, and check your alarm, But DON’T STUDY!

  3. DON’T STUDY – RELAX The best way to prepare for the test is NOT TO STUDY, but to RELAX – play outside, watch a funny movie, take a bubble bath, whatever works for you. Try RELAXING. You will be ready to put forth your best effort at test time if you relax.

  4. TRUST YOUR TEACHERS! Your teachers have prepared you. The TAKS tests what you have learned all year. If you don’t know it by now you’re probably not going to learn it tonight. Last minute cramming won’t help and it makes you nervous.

  5. The Morning of the Test It helps to eat a good breakfast but don’t load up on sweets or caffeine. Most importantly, think of what you will do to reward yourself after you get home from school. Do something FUN for doing your best on the test .

  6. Pace Yourself During the Test The TAKS test is not a race. Students that turn their tests in first, often make careless mistakes. TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS. TAKE YOUR TIME. When you start to feel tired, close your eyes and take a deep breath.

  7. READ EVERY WORD READ EVERY WORD of the directions. READ EVERY WORD of every question. READ EVERY WORD of every answer. READ EVERY WORD No one can afford to miss a question because of a careless mistake.

  8. Make every question count. If you feel yourself starting to get tired or panicky don’t start making wild guesses. Remember that the difference between passing and failing is ONE QUESTION. You can’t afford to waste a question.

  9. Take Your Time. Do Your Best. There is nothing more important today than trying your best to do well on this test. (You’re stuck in the room anyway and taking it once is bad enough!) Take a deep breath and think about what you will do to reward yourself when you get home.

  10. Pace Yourself Don’t spend too long on each question. If you cannot make an educated guess within 3 minutes, circle it to come back to later, and move on to the next question. A lot of times you may find a clue to the answer in a question later on in the test.

  11. Before you turn in your test Review any questions you may have skipped, and make an educated guess if you still don’t know the answer. Use process of elimination. Do not leave any questions blank. Do not change your answers unless you are very certain your first answer choice is wrong.

  12. JOB WELL DONE!!!!!! Make certain you have bubbled all the answers in the correct spot. When you feel that you have done your VERY BEST, turn in your test. Now that’s SMART!

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