School Performance

A personality conflict with the teacher can be responsible for a child's acting up in class.

Find out what's involved in gifted testing.

Find information about popular tests such as the WISC and Stanford-Binet.

By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff

This article advises how to help your child do their best on standardized tests.

By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff

This article explores how standardized tests may be an inapppropriate measure of a child's potential.

Here's how to respond when your child and her teacher continually butt heads.

Although repeating a grade can initially help a child academically, sometimes doing so can have far-reaching effects.

Motivate your gifted student to reach his potential.

Here's information on the TerraNova test, and what to do if your child is a high scorer.

Team up with the teacher to devise a positive behavior plan for your child.

The social impact of being held back often outweighs the educational benefits. Help your child get through this difficult episode.

It's great when teachers offer struggling students extra help, but make sure you see the results yourself.

A gifted teen needs some real experience to make the connection between school and the positive end result in the future.

A child needs to understand the concept of personal responsibility before you let him "fly without a net."

Grade skipping one twin and not the other is not the best idea.

Skipping a grade raises issues down the road for boys.

Kindergarten and first grade are the best times to hold back a child.

Lack of developmental readiness is the best reason to hold a child back.