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WESTWOOD TESTING SKILLS PLAN

Find and highlight every question.
 * Find the question by locating the question mark.
 * Work backwards until you come to ending punctuation. Do not work backwards to a capital letter because sometimes proper names are in the middle of sentences.
 * Highlight the question.
 * Repeat these steps for the entire page or test.

Know vocabulary of testing.

Circle Key Words in the question.
 * Words that tell you what to do (Circle, mark, estimate, read, use, etc.).
 * Words that tell you where to look for answer (Figure 1, diagram 1, paragraph 1, chart, table, graph, below, above, etc.).
 * Words that tell you how to solve the problem or answer the question (see above - vocabulary of testing).
 * Words that are in bold, highlighted, or in italics.

Determine book or brain.
 * Book - you must read more than the question to get the answer.
 * Brain - you can get the answer from your brain without reading more.

Eliminate answers.
 * Most test questions have two answers that are obviously incorrect.
 * Use the key words or math operations to help determine the incorrect answers. Example: If the question wants the student to add two numbers together, the answer must be greater than the largest number in the problem. Eliminate the answers that are smaller.