I remember hearing a “good news, bad news” joke years ago. It made me laugh, but in an uncomfortable sort of way. It went something like this” The good news is, you’re going to heaven. The bad news is, you’re going tonight! Sure, as Christians, we look forward to enjoying the “sweet by and by,”…
The PER Report compliments the standard achievement test report by pinpointing the items missed by the student. To make the best use of the information this report provides, I’ve suggested parents use a three-step approach when reviewing the results with their children. The first two steps are: • Dignify their response by identifying, but not…
Today’s Video: What Kind of Job Fits You? Dr. Jordan Peterson. (9 minutes) How do we guide our children as they enter their high school years and prepare to enter the work world? In this video, psychology professor Jordan Peterson discusses different kinds of jobs, IQ levels related to them, stress tolerance, hierarchies of competence, weaknesses and…
Remember how you felt when you took your driver’s test and heard the words, “You passed!” You probably didn’t care by how much or what your score was. Even being told “You barely passed” was probably OK with you since you got what you wanted- a license to drive. With achievement tests, it’s different. On…
It’s one thing to know and have mastered the academic objectives for a particular grade level. It’s another thing to be able to demonstrate this knowledge on a test. So, how do you help your child do his or her best on their next achievement test? One option is to buy a book of drills….
Last week, I suggested that based on your child’s achievement test report, it might be time to change up the curriculum you’re using. If you liked my suggestion and plan to do this, it’s likely that sometime in the first month of new school year you’ll be second guessing yourself about your new purchase. Here’s…
A great line from the movie, The Princess Bride, by Inigo Montoya to Vizzini’s use of the word, inconceivable is “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. “ Test results are subject to interpretation. They don’t always mean what we think they mean. A number of years…
Many parents get a wake-up call when the results of their child’s achievement test suggest the curriculum they used let them down. In other words, if your child flew through their curriculum easily yet did poorly on their achievement test, the question is why? What, if anything, went wrong? Was it test anxiety or poor…
What starts out as “good advice” often morphs into this is “God’s design” or “God’s way.” At least that’s the way we hear it. In last week’s article, I suggested three “tones” you could employ when correcting your student. Before I relate a story in which a “firm tone” was employed, one that made a…