{"id":76,"date":"2013-10-04T22:50:27","date_gmt":"2013-10-05T02:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mssherlock\/?p=76"},"modified":"2013-10-08T18:05:19","modified_gmt":"2013-10-08T22:05:19","slug":"meaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mssherlock\/2013\/10\/04\/meaps\/","title":{"rendered":"MEAPs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The MEAP is coming!\u00a0 Testing for the Michigan Education Assessment Program will begin Tuesday, October 8th.\u00a0 Please note the following dates and subject areas:<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, October 8\u00a0 :\u00a0 Reading Day 1<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, October 9 : Reading Day 2<\/p>\n<p>Monday, October 21:\u00a0 Math<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, October 22:\u00a0 Science <\/p>\n<p>It is very important that your child is at school on the above dates to take the MEAP test.\u00a0 However, if your child misses any of the following dates due to illness or an emergency, the test will be administered on another day before October 25th.<\/p>\n<p>Listed below are some helpful ideas for parents to use during this year\u2019s testing window.<\/p>\n<p>Preparing for Test:\u00a0\u00a0 \u2013 Note test dates on your home calendar; schedule appointments on non-testing days.\u00a0 \u2013 Encourage your child to take responsibility for doing their best on the test.\u00a0 \u2013 Encourage your child to ask questions at home and in class.\u00a0 \u2013 Praise your child for work well done.<\/p>\n<p>Testing Day:\u00a0 \u2013 See that your child is rested and eats breakfast.\u00a0 \u2013 Encourage your child to do the best work possible.\u00a0 \u2013 Do not remove your child from school on test days for appointments.\u00a0 \u2013 Send a healthy snack and water on testing days.<\/p>\n<p>Test Anxiety:\u00a0 Students may experience anxiety about tests.\u00a0 A certain degree of test anxiety is normal and may help students work more efficiently and remain focused during testing.\u00a0 Too much anxiety, however, can negatively affect\u00a0performance.\u00a0 The following strategies may assist students and parents in reducing test anxiety.<\/p>\n<p>Parent Strategies for Reducing Test Anxiety: \u2013 Discuss the test openly and in a positive way.\u00a0 \u2013 Emphasize that the test is only one measure of academic performance.\u00a0 \u2013 Emphasize that test scores do not determine a person\u2019s worth.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Sherlock<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MEAP is coming!\u00a0 Testing for the Michigan Education Assessment Program will begin Tuesday, October 8th.\u00a0 Please note the following dates and subject areas: Tuesday, October 8\u00a0 :\u00a0 Reading Day 1 Wednesday, October 9 : Reading Day 2 Monday, October 21:\u00a0 Math Tuesday, October 22:\u00a0 Science It is very important that your child is at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":611,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mssherlock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mssherlock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mssherlock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mssherlock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/611"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mssherlock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mssherlock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mssherlock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mssherlock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mssherlock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}