My son took NY state regents in 8th grade in math and earth science. He scored 91 and 89 so we made him redo them in August. He studied like hell all summer and The scores just got posted. He scored significantly lower. He’s upset and I don’t understand why after giving a concerted effort his scores went down instead of up. He gets very nervous before exams due to the pressure. I was wondering g if anyone knew of a tutor who specializes in test taking strategies for example, someone fro
ETS who might tutor on the side. I don’t want my son to lose heart and get demoralized as he’s taken it pretty bad and he’s just entering High school. He’s a good student but has difficulty reaching his fill potential. Gets 92-93 on everything but is plenty capable to 97-98 grade band.
He got lower grades because he wasn’t in school for 2-3 months. You’re adding more pressure (that makes him get nervous) by making him retake scores which are perfectly fine for an 8th grader.