Creating an engaging test review that covers all standards and helps students recall, analyze, and synthesize seems, well…overwhelming. Especially when high-stakes testing is coming fast, and time seems short.

Why not move beyond the review strategies that students know too well and try something new?

Check out these fresh, quick strategies, great for all classrooms:

  • Wrong Answer Analysis
    Turn the review on its head by providing students with incorrect answers, then challenge them to analyze and identify the mistakes. Have them explain why the answer is incorrect and provide the correct answer.

     

  • 60 Second Expert
    Have students create 60-second videos, expertly explaining vocabulary, a specific standard, a topic, or a problem-solving process. Take it one step further by compiling videos into a review “library.”

 

  • Escape Room- Student Style
    Have students build the escape room! This can work great in student groups. Have them design 3-4 challenges for another group to solve.

 

  • Data Detectives
    Educators break down data all the time, but have you ever given your students a crack at it? Allow students to look at real or mock testing data. Have them document and discuss trends and growth areas based on item and standard analysis. Encourage buy-in by letting them focus strategies on high-needs areas.

 

  • Interwoven Review
    Give students questions from throughout the school year. Have them organize the questions into groups by standard (or other category) and then answer questions correctly. This is a great small group activity!

 

  • Beat the Test
    Have students create test questions with distractors. Challenge them to “level up” the difficulty of the questions and challenge their classmates to respond correctly. Whole group evaluation on common mistakes on the student-designed questions will focus on test-taking strategies.

 

Want something even more engaging? Check out our previous blog post on designing a Boot Camp test review!

State testing can seem stressful, but you can help your students relax, focus, and review by trying some of these strategies.

Let us know if any of these work for you or if you have any suggestions that other Georgia teachers need to try! Reach out: education@gpb.org.