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| Test-Taking Strategies | 1. Guess if you do not know the answer.
The majority of tests do not take off points for answering wrongly. They just do not add any point to the score. On the other hand, there are tests that do penalize students for giving an incorrect answer. That is why if you are not confident about whether this applies to your child's test, ask his or her teacher, school counselor, or principal. It is a good idea to know this previous to the test is given and to make certain your child knows as well.
2. Stucking on a question.
 In case of stucking on a question the best way is to skip it. Your child can always come back to the question once he or she has answered those he or she is more conscious about. But recommend your child to be cautious about filling in the answer sheet. It may seem understandable to skip that line on the answer sheet when you skip the question, but in the more intense atmosphere of a testing situation, it is easy to stop thinking about doing this.
3. Avoid skipping a line on the answer sheet
Too frequently, children find themselves at the end of a test, with two or three answer options left to fill in on the answer sheet. It can be terrifying for children to go back and see where they went wrong, at the same time as the time is over. Your child can avoid this situation with ease. If your child is given blank pieces of paper to use as scrap, he or she can make use of the straight edge of one of those papers to keep her place on the answer sheet. Have his or her practice sparkling in an answer sheet previous to testing, so he or she can get used to moving the paper down a line with every question answered. If your child is not given scrap paper, he or she can make use of his or her additional pencil to perform the same task.
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