Test anxiety is something many students struggle with, but it’s often misunderstood. Most people think it’s caused by the pressure of limited time, tough material, or high expectations. However, as ...

In education circles, it’s popular to rail against testing, especially timed exams. Tests are stressful and not the best way to measure knowledge, wrote Adam Grant, an organizational psychologist at ...

BYU students Ellie Clements and Samantha Stinnett attend a test preparation workshop in the Academic Success Center led by peer coach Amanda Wood. (Savannah Hopkinson) Editor's note: this story pairs ...

Test anxiety is a real problem, affecting 25% to 40% of U.S. students. Anxiety, along with academic stress, can appear as physical symptoms (such as headaches, nausea and sleeplessness) and ...

Test anxiety is a bigger problem than many parents and teachers realize. A staggering 16-20% of students have high test anxiety, making this the most frequent academic impairment in our schools today.

A new Yale study conducted on second-year medical students offers a possible course of treatment for test anxiety. This study focused on medical students preparing for Step 1, an assessment that has a ...

This article originally appeared on Spoon U and was written by Maya Konstantino. It has been given minor edits before re-posting. I don't know anyone who loves taking tests, but there are definitely ...

ALBANY - State tests are the ones that are stressing kids out, school psychologists in New York said. About three-quarters of school psychologists from among the state’s nearly 700 school districts ...