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# A Resource to Address Test Anxiety in Schools

Test anxiety can undermine performance, even when students are fully prepared.

To help schools address this challenge, we’ve created a **ready-to-use slide deck** for school and district leaders. It combines research and practical strategies to help students approach testing with greater confidence and stronger skills—it’s perfect to share at staff meetings.

**This slide deck includes:**

- **Research** on test anxiety and its impact on performance
- **Evidence** linking human skills to higher test scores
- Practical **strategies** to help students with test anxiety
- **Activities** that build skills for stronger testing
- **FAQs** to support team conversations about testing anxiety

Get the resource by using the form on this page.

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Watch the Instant Replay of "What Research Says About Test Anxiety" Webinar

Watch the replay of the Test Anxiety webinar to explore research on how testing pressure impacts students and staff, and what schools can do to respond in ways that are practical, consistent, and scalable. Click below to learn how to help students with test anxiety.

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