Well, DeHe, the stakes are pretty high.
Depending on his personality, perhaps you can playact with stuffed animals and have them act out taking the test. One can be sick, and just feel like giving up. One can know the answers but be sneaky or afraid of what will happen if the grown up finds out how much he knows. One can be unsure, but with support be encouraged to guess. One can confidently answer the questions, assuredly handling that there will be some questions that are too easy and some that are too hard.
Then you can have a little party for the ones who act right and they can go to a new school the features lots of hard books and hard math problems, while the sneaky and tired kid go to a school where they have to do work he already knows how to do.
If stuffed animals are too babyish or too unreal, perhaps he could create a 'public service anouncement' powerpoint for kids who need to take this sort of test about why testing is needed and pointers?
Somehow, acting it out seems 'less pressure-y' than giving a lecture. This way he can draw his own conclusions - you are just providing the information.
Best Wishes,
Grinity
