Tests are a high-stress situation for many students and professionals as grades, advancement, and sometimes jobs can be on the line. However, some people tend to perform poorly on tests despite ...

Test anxiety is something many students struggle with, but it’s often misunderstood. Most people think it’s caused by the pressure of limited time, tough material, or high expectations. However, as ...

The STAAR test is underway, and for some students, the annual exam brings stress.

Some anxiety before tests is useful, as it can help motivate a student to prepare and help them remain careful during a test (Porcelli & Delgado, 2017). However, when anxiety becomes too great, it can ...

Research shows that test anxiety affects around 40-60% of K-12 students in the commonwealth, which can interfere with focus ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Virginia students in divisions across the Commonwealth are preparing for state testing in the coming weeks. While this time of year can bring stress and anxiety. 13News Now spoke with a ...

With the beginning of ACT and SAT college admission tests and Missouri Assessment Program tests, some students may develop test anxiety. University of Missouri child psychiatrist Arpit Aggarwal on ...

KPRC 2 health reporter Haley Hernandez spoke with Dr. Staci Passe with BE SOMEONE Therapy on how parents can detect testing anxiety in their children and strategies to help them relieve them of those ...

A MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH AND SPRING TESTING FOR STUDENTS ARE UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW. AND NO MATTER THE SUBJECT, THIS COULD BE A TIME WHERE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ...

Q. I’m freaking out. April’s coming, I’m nervous about PSSA tests. I hate them. They’re long. You can’t study for them, not really. And everything – I mean everything – rides on them. I want to go to ...

Hundreds of thousands of Virginia’s k-12 students will take the Standards of Learning, or SOL tests in the coming weeks, and ...