Yoga, exercise, good nutrition and good sleep habits can help. Therapy may be necessary in severe cases or help from school clinicians
These are great tips to relieve anxiety and stress, but I would post something that maybe a child could relate too, I feel like these are more for adults instead of children.
nxiety symptoms fall into 3 categories: physical, emotional, and cognitive/behavioral. The physical symptoms may include: headaches, stomach aches and nausea. Emotional symptoms may include: crying and feelings of irritability. Cognitive/behavioral symptoms could include difficulties focusing and paying attention
I feel like if students begin to feel these symptoms, an assistant teacher should check the student and excuse him/her.
Some children cope rather well with evaluative situations. However, 30 percent of all children experience anxiety at such severe levels that they have difficulties functioning in their day-to-day lives.
I would like to see more information on this category, but 30 percent is way too high for children.
The Common Core-aligned high stakes tests have destroyed students’ self-esteem and put their “educational futures and emotions in peril,” said Wappingers mom Wendy McNamara
This isn't unusual for students to lost confidence because of a test that had a low grade, it makes them feel unintelligent and that they don't know anything.
I’m not teaching him that if something’s hard, Mom can write you a note to get out of it,” Lockwood said.
I can see her point-of-view also, she isn't wrong either. Her son was in a lower grade than the seventh grader, so of course his test might have easier and different questions.
“This report should make all education stakeholders — from state policymakers to local teachers to parents — aware of the profound impact that they can have, both positive and negative, on student test anxiety,” Timothy Kremer, executive director of the School Boards Association, said in a statement.
Timothy Kremer is not wrong, it's like a domino effect. Everyone notices and rubs off their emotions on eachother and I'm glad that he is seeing this issue for everyone not just himself or the students.
school psychologists said, but the new Common Core testing has translated into students feeling more stressed.
I believe a lot of schools, due to the stress and anxiety increase of students, are trying to completely disregard the Common Core testing.
“Suddenly, something that was always a non-issue in our house became an issue,” Amenta added. “There was no relevant reason for him to take that test.”
Very glad that this mom saw and understood immediately what was going on with her son and how he was reacting.
About three-quarters of school psychologists from among the state’s nearly 700 school districts said state tests are causing greater anxiety than local assessments
This rate is ridiculously high and it looks as though the tests they are creating are doing more harm to the students mentally and possibly physically and emotionally.
Struggling students who are forced to repeatedly take normed tests (which are designed to fail a certain portion of test-takers) begin to believe they are “bad” or “worthless” students who cannot succeed in school.
I've personally seen this happen and it isn't fair to the students, they felt anxiety from failing and eventually just dropped out because of the built up stress.
Teachers are reporting children throwing up, losing control of their bowels, and increased commitments for psychiatric and anxiety issues.
This isn't a good sign for the schools having this issue, the anxiety these children are having they should have an assistant guiding them or if they start to stress remove them from the testing area before all the issues happen.
Schools labeled as “failing” on the basis of test scores can be threatened with closure. These schools are usually in communities of color.
There is too many schools getting closed because of the "failing." This is why so many neighboring schools are growing and consolidating with the closed schools.
focus on reading and math scores, students lose history, world languages, the arts, and other programs
I agree with this Narrowed curriculum because students get to college where they have to take a credit class with history, world languages and arts; they struggle with the required assignments due to this.
Pittsburgh students now take 20-25, or more, high-stakes tests a year, with new tests this year in art and music
This is way too much tests within a year for students.
She is the parent of two children in Pittsburgh public schools and a historian of working families, gender, race and U.S. social policy and teaches women’s studies and history at the University of Pittsburgh.
I am thrilled that this woman was included in this article. It gives it more credibility to have a mother of two to talk about stressful school tests than someone who doesn't have children.