Scenario 5 Description

Mr. Eliot believes in the appropriateness of teaching his 6th graders test-taking skills such as pacing and multiple-choice strategies. However, he wants to be sure the content used in the practices he designs for students is also beneficial. He looks to page 55 of the Iowa Tests Interpretative Guide for Teachers and Counselors and sees that the Social Studies test contains items on the “Earth’s features”—a topic he covered earlier in the year. He decides to spend some time the week before the test teaching students specific test-taking strategies using passages, graphs, and diagrams about the earth’s features as practice.