Does Your Child Feel Like This When Facing a High Stakes Test?
Hi, Dick Methia here -- Test Expert and Author
Tests are a major fact of life in today's schools. That's NOT a bad thing.
Performing well on school tests prepares your child for life beyond school where testing is an important part of work life -- for job placement, advancement, promotion, to gain entry into a profession or to become certified (and re-certified) for dozens of lucrative career options.
And that's why effective test prep is a life skill that children need to learn early in their schooling.
Does Your Child Suffer from TEST ANXIETY?
If your child suffers from even a moderate TEST ANXIETY...your child's test prep will be in-effective.
- It will reduce your child's test scores
- Batter your child's self-confidence
- And it can follow your child through school into college and beyond...
(By the way -- TEST ANXIETY is a condition the American School Counselor Association says is present in almost ALL students of any age who face a high stakes test.)
Millions of ADULTS experience TEST ANXIETY too -- which is why it's important to treat TEST ANXIETY when it first shows up in the eary school years.
National PTA Warns Parents About the Damaging Effects of High Stakes Tests
Even The National PTA has warned parents about the negative effects of high-stakes tests on children -- how they can increase anxiety, harm self-esteem...
So What's a Concerned Parent To Do???
Big companies like Kaplan charge you hundreds of dollars for test prep courses. But if your child is having difficulty with school tests, chances are he or she is NOT going to be very happy (or succcessful) taking one more course.
Tutors can also be pricey. But unless your child has a trusted tutor who is an expert in the subject matter (that's rare given what tutors typically get paid) you and your child will be wasting time --- and money.
A Child's Most Effective Teacher & Tutor is a Parent (or Grandparent!)
Over my 40+ years in education I've learned that parents (and grandparents) are often a child's best teacher and tutor. That's why I've collected all I've learned in my four decades in education plus all my research and written it up in a simple book that's completely parent-friendly.
No educational jargon, no fancy educational theories, just plain old fashioned common sense enhanced by what we've learned about how children prepare best for challenges.
And it won't cost you hundreds of dollars for a course or for tutors. All of this learning, all of these tried and trued strategies for effective test prep and battling test anxiety can be yours for less than a night at the Cineplex.
I've met so many parents frustrated because they're not sure how to help their own children prepare for these all-important tests. Parents who don't want to pay or in these hard economic times,parents who simply can't pay hundreds of dollars for this kind of help.
That's why I wrote my book specifically FOR PARENTS --
Ace Any Test:The Parent's Guide to High Stakes Testing
My 88-page Parent's Manual (available in booklet format or as an easily downloadable ebook) is a HOW-TO book on testing, written for parents (or grandparents) in language that's free of educational jargon. It's chock-full of parent-friendly advice and simple strategies for the busy parent who's concerned about his or her child's success in school.
My Parents Manual ACE ANY TEST shows you...
- HOW TO tell whether your child is suffering from TEST ANXIETY, and
- HOW TO reduce, even eliminate, TEST ANXIETY in your child
Did you know that if your child does NOT practice effective TEST PREP and does NOT use SMART TEST TAKING STRATEGIES -- he or she is at a real DISadvantage relative to other children?
A student who practices effective TEST PREP and uses SMART TEST TAKING STRATEGIES, is virtually guaranteed to score higher than one who doesn't do either -- (unless your child is competing with a class of super high IQ geniuses -- and those are about as common as snowflakes in San Diego!)
My Parent's Manual shows you...
- HOW TO help your child adopt effective TEST PREP tactics
- HOW TO use SMART TEST TAKING STRATEGIES
Ace Any Test: The Parent's Guide to High Stakes Testing -- Is Chock-full of Parent-Friendly Advice & Simple Strategies!
As a concerned parent, you want to know how to provide your children with a set of simple tactics and strategies to ensure they perform their absolute best on every high-stakes test -- in school and beyond.
My Parents Manual covers these important topics --
- HIGH STAKES TESTS -- What are they and why are they so important?
- Why and how do standardized tests often LIE?
- What TEST ANXIETY is and how you can help your child overcome it
- HOW TO help your child adopt a healthy, positive attitude to testing
- HOW TO be sure your child is using effective TEST PREP tactics
- HOW TO prevent TEST POLLUTANTS from lowering your child's test scores
- HOW TO help your child employ SMART TEST TAKING STRATEGIES
- HOW TO talk intelligently about test scores with teachers and principals
I trust people and I want people to trust me. Use my Parent's Manual for as long as you want. If, after you've honestly tried to make the advice in my book work for your child, and it doesn't -- then write or email me and I will refund the entire cost of my manual.
That's how certain I am that the advice, tactics, and strategies in Ace Any Test Parent's Manual will work for you.
Pricing Information...
Ace Any Test: The Parent's Guide to High Stakes Testing is available in TWO FORMATS.
Manual/Print Edition = $17.00 + shipping & handling ($5.25)
Downloadable ebook (PDF format) = Only $9.00!
(See Ordering Page for More Information...)
What People Are Saying About ACE ANY TEST...
"A must read for parents and school counselors. ACE ANY TEST is concise, clearly written and filled with practical strategies for helping kids and their parents identify and deal with test anxiety. An extremely helpful guide!"
Diana Sylvia, psychotherapist, family counselor, and mom -- Northboro, MA
"This book is about empowerment. With Dick Methia's new guide to testing, you get the tools to prepare children to succeed in this new testing environment."
Dr. Virginia Matus-Glenn. former Principal and District Administrator, Lake Tahoe Unified School District, CA
"What a great book! It's such easy reading and is very relevant to our Palmetto Achievement Test. I TOTALLY agree wtih everything you say. I'll definitely recommend it to my colleagues. Thanks so much!"
Kellie Brown, Counselor, Anderson (SC) County Schools.
"What you want in a trainer is someone with years of practical know-how, the ability to translate it to others, and the skill to deliver quality instruction. In Dick Methia, you've got it all."
Dr. Alan B. Salisbury, Former President, Learning Tree International
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My email: dick@howtoaceanytest.com.
Tel/Fax: (703) 690-3220