My dd6's teacher talked to me this morning about the speed at which she takes her tests...or should I say lack of speed. She takes so long that everyone else is done and she's still working. Apparently they're done in like 40 min. and she's taking 2 hours!! It's not that she doesn't know the material...he and I both think she's afraid to get any wrong. She always gets 90's and 100's on everything. I guess I just never realized that it took her that long to finish. Anyway, he's not worried about that for weekly test, benchmarks etc, because they can take as much time as they want. His concern, and mine, are the Calif. state tests because they are timed. He's afraid she will only finish half of the test and it won't reflect what she really knows. I spoke with her when we got home and she said that she just is thinking and doing her best!! Of course she is...poor thing. I don't want her to think she's doing something wrong.
Any strategies to gradually help her speed up would be appreciated!!
TIA, Laura
