State (API) and Federal (AYP) Accountability Data Snapshot

Tips for parents to prepare your student for testing:

Teachers say that successful test-takers tend to be students with good attendance, homework, and study habits; therefore, your daily assistance with homework and attitude toward school has the biggest impact on your child's performance. However, there are also some things that you can do to help develop his/her test-taking abilities:
• Make sure that your child gets enough sleep.
• Feed your child a healthy, nutritious breakfast.
• Speak positive about the State Test and let your child know that they will do great and you will be proud of them no matter what.
• Attendance is critical!!! Make sure that your child is at school on time, and ready for action every day that the state tests are being administered. If your child has a dentist or doctor appointment scheduled, move it to late in the afternoon or to a different day. Don’t pick your child up from school early. If they wake up not feeling well, make sure that they are really ill before letting them skip school that day.
• Testing is usually split up over several days so that children don’t get overwhelmed, so make sure that your child  gets a good night sleep, a healthy breakfast, and arrives to school on time everyday.