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Understanding Test Questions

By Nancy Wilkinson

Reality Education

The trick to doing well on any test is to just know the material.  Right?

WRONG!

Description of Workshop: This workshop will be used as a training session for presenting the material contained within.  Purchasers will receive:

• A 2-4 hour workshop for up to 25 attendees covering the outline of the conference as shown below.
• A detailed instructional manual for presenting this conference to others
• One participant’s packet for each member of the conference up to 25 members.  (Additional participant’s packets are extra).
• One set of overheads for use in presenting this conference.
• One power point presentation for use in presenting this conference.

Objective of this workshop: Knowing what goes into writing the test items, understanding key terminology and knowing what clues are in the stem of the problem will help in answering the questions.  With these and many more helpful “tricks of the trade”, teachers will be able to give their students, including English Language Learners, the necessary skills to pass the state exams.