There has yet to be found a more effective means of assessing student achievement and evaluating teacher performance than testing.
Tests help teachers to determine if their students are learning and what they are learning.
They provide the feedback needed to determine whether something should be retaught or whether new material should be introduced. The greatest contributors to student report card and permanent record grades are test scores. Tests help to evaluate the school's curricula, the subject course objectives, and the classroom teachers' pedagogy. The emphasis in this article is teaching students how to take tests. Most students have a limited understanding of test-taking strategies.