Higher standards and greater accountability have contributed to an alarming rise in test anxiety in our students. To help them pass mandated assessments, teachers drill on facts and give endless practice tests. But teaching to the test isn't enough. High stakes testing produces high anxiety which, in turn, lowers performance. Teachers, parents, and kids must do more to minimize its negative effects and increase test results. This book offers constructive and powerful strategies that specifically target the physical, emotional, and cognitive symptoms of anxiety. This resource serves as a comprehensive and practical guide for test-takers of all ages. It is an essential resource for teachers and parents of students who are faced with the increased testing mandates of the No Child Left Behind Act.

Test Anxiety & What You Can Do About It

Education & Teaching

Joseph Casbarro

Schools & Teaching

Dude Publishing/ National Professional Resources, Inc.

This updated, copyright 2010 laminated guide is specially designed for every teacher, psychologist, reading specialist, paraeducator and other school staff member who needs to understand and/or implement a Response To Intervention (RTI) approach in classroom environments. This comprehensive, easy-to-read, four page laminated bi-fold provides essential information necessary for educators to know about RTI. Using understandable and clear language, this full-color, Reference Guide addresses: the key features of RTI, the RTI team process, progress monitoring, the 3 Tier Model, types of assessment, and RTI and parents.

RTI: Response-To-Intervention

National Professional Resources, Inc./Dude Publishing

Substitute Teacher's Survival Guide: 10 Keys to Success

Given the prevalence of student diversity, schools are struggling to find ways to help with the implementation of CCSS. With the wide range of student learning styles, socioeconomic backgrounds and life experiences, one key to meeting this challenge is the use of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Originally developed to address the instructional needs of students with disabilities, UDL is now being embraced as an answer to creating learning environments where all students, regardless of their individual differences, can meet the CCSS. Designed for classroom teachers, this guide provides practical strategies and best practices for utilizing UDL as a means to help students successfully access and achieve the CCSS.

CCSS and UDL: Common Core State Standards & Universal Design for Learning

Testing is playing an increasing role in schools, giving rise to higher levels of anxiety for both students and teachers. As a result, many students are actually experiencing performance declines rather than improvements. This reference guide is specifically designed to provide teachers with practical, evidence-based strategies for reducing test-related anxiety and improving test performance and overall well-being in students ranging from elementary to high school age. The guide includes recommendations for teaching effective study skills &amp; habits, as well as specific test-taking skills. It also describes how to teach students stress-reduction techniques such as deep breathing, freewriting, progressive muscle relaxation, guided imagery, mindfulness and meditation, and positive self-talk.

Test Anxiety: Strategies to Improve Student Performance

This six-page, quick-reference laminated guide is a convenient tool for teachers charged with implementing the Florida State Standards. It explains how and why to use Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to ensure students with diverse backgrounds and learning needs can succeed. The guide provides an overview of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), along with strategies for providing multiple means of representation, multiple means of expression, and and multiple means of engagement. It also describes specific UDL best practices that enhance implementation of the Language Arts Standards (LAFS) and Mathematics Standards (MAFS). Other features include a UDL lesson planning framework and a review of approaches such as differentiated instruction, brain-compatible learning, multi-tiered system of supports, cooperative learning and project-based learning that support UDL in the classroom.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Florida State Standards (FSS)

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