An accomplished Illinois administrator, educator, and principal, Andrew Jordan has close to a decade of experience in the field of education working in various institutions. Among Andrew Jordan’s key career roles was a principal at West Carroll Primary School in Savanna, Illinois where he was in charge of all school operations and successfully increased test scores by 20 percent.
With Common Core State Standards being implemented across the US, most teachers and school administrators are focused on improving student test scores. Even though schools need to work collectively and raise their test scores, below are techniques teachers can use to help students improve their test scores.
1. Teaching students test-taking strategies is a key step that can lead to good results, especially for lower-performing students. Some of the strategies include arriving at an answer by eliminating the answers which are wrong and looking for information in a question that might provide a hint to the answer.
2. Analyze student data to discover areas where students have weaknesses. Teachers can do this by carefully evaluating the practice data to check for weak areas that need attention. Student data analysis can be time-consuming, but there are software applications that can gather all student data in a single online location for analysis.
3. Increase parent involvement by ensuring parent-teacher communication remains consistent throughout the year. Students tend to perform better in school when their parents and guardians are involved. There should be an open-door policy that encourages parents to stay informed about their children’s education. Parents can help in the library, monitor the lunchroom and tutor students.
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