This provides both my child and me input on his weekly progress. Throughout each quarter, teachers meet with students on an individual basis and discuss grades, behavior, improvement, and any skills not yet accomplished and communicate this to parents. This, in turn, leads to student-led conferences at the end of the grading quarter. This knowledge plays a big part in student accountability. Schools can help children take responsibility for these test scores by providing similar models of the test for practice.
Teachers can provide test strategies to help reduce test anxiety and provide a tool for test taking.
Teachers have class discussions on the importance of these tests and possible consequences of low test scores. It is my understanding that at Walkertown Elementary, students are provided with all of these things across the school. With my son, it began in first grade. Behind every child are the parents. I believe parents can help in many ways.