THE BEST PRACTICE PLUS COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIES FOR STRONGER TEST SCORES With or without No Child Left Behind, test taking is more important than ever at even younger ages. A must for parents helping their children understand the important thinking strategies needed in all test-taking areas, Gruber's Essential Guide to Test Taking: Grades 3-5 helps them realize their child's true potential. Using the exclusive Gruber methods, this book will give parents and teachers strategies to "nip in the bud" any faulty thinking approaches when it comes to education and testing and enforce the correct approaches. Gruber's methods are a true confidence developer for children. Parents often claim when working with these books with their children that they wish they had been exposed to this material when they were in school. WHAT THE MEDIA IS SAYING "Dr. Gary Gruber has developed a method that will raise students' test scores by sharpening their thinking skills." Boston Globe "His methods make the questions seem amazingly simple to solve." Library Journal "Dr. Gruber is recognized nationally as the leading expert on the SAT and originator of the critical thinking skills necessary for use on standardized tests. His results have been lauded throughout the country and his personal presentation of his methods spreads 'contagious enthusiasm' like an epidemic with his audiences." -PBS