TAKS Testing Tips and Advice to STUDENTS

Helpful TAKS Sites and Advice to Students

• Read and pay careful attention to all directions.
• Read each passage and accompanying questions.
• Read every possible answer--the best one could be last.
• Read and respond to items one at a time rather than thinking about the whole test.
• Reread, when necessary, the parts of a passage needed for selecting the correct answer.
• Don't expect to find a pattern in the positions of the correct answers.
• Don't make uneducated guesses. Try to get the correct answer by reasoning and eliminating wrong answers.
• •Decide exactly what the question is asking; one response is clearly best.
• Don't spend too much time on any one question.
• Skip difficult questions until all other questions have been answered. On the test booklet, keep a record of the unanswered items to return to before you bubble in your final selections.
• Make sure to record the answer in the correct place on the answer sheet.
• Only change an answer if you are sure the first one you picked was wrong. Be sure to completely erase changed answers.
• Work as rapidly as possible with accuracy.
• After completion of the test, use any remaining time to check your answers.
• Keep a good attitude. Think positively!
  

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