Should a student guess, or leave spaces blank, on answers he or she doesn’t know?
For the SCAT (for 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 graders), and the ACT (for 7 and 8 graders), it is better to guess than to leave an item blank. No points are taken away for wrong answers. For the SAT (for 7 and 8 graders), guessing becomes a little more of a risk, because points are deducted for incorrect answers. For all the tests, good general advice is that students should be encouraged to go with hunches, and also to practice eliminating obvious wrong answers. If your child can narrow down to 2 or 3 choices, it may be beneficial to guess. Because young children in particular sometimes won’t venture an answer if they’re not sure of it, it’s good to talk about these strategies with them.
For the SCAT (for 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 graders), and the ACT (for 7 and 8 graders), it is better to guess than to leave an item blank. No points are taken away for wrong answers. For the SAT (for 7 and 8 graders), guessing becomes a little more of a risk, because points are deducted for incorrect answers. For all the tests, good general advice is that students should be encouraged to go with hunches, and also to practice eliminating obvious wrong answers. If your child can narrow down to 2 or 3 choices, it may be beneficial to guess. Because young children in particular sometimes won’t venture an answer if they’re not sure of it, it’s good to talk about these strategies with them.
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