Test Anxiety & What You Can Do About It: A Practical Guide for Teachers, Parents, and Kids - Softcover

Casbarro, Joseph, Ph.D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1887943633 ISBN 13: 9781887943635

Publisher: Natl Professional Resources Inc, 2005

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Joseph Casbarro has worked as an educator for thirty years in public schools, including administrative positions as building principal, director of special programs, and assistant superintendent of schools. He received his Ph.D. from Syracuse University in School Psychology and has taught for many years at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Dr. Casbarro's interest in writing on test anxiety was a combination of his training and experiences as a psychologist, his observations of the impact of high stakes testing on schools as an administrator, and the personal experiences of his two school-age children as a parent.

Edition details

• Publisher: Natl Professional Resources Inc
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1887943633
• ISBN 13: 9781887943635
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 223