Coming to know standardized tests: walking in our students' shoes -- Tests as a genre: what makes standardized tests unique -- Increasing student stamina: the role of workshop structures in becoming successful test takers -- Ask questions -- Create mental images -- Draw inferences -- Synthesize new learning and ideas -- Activate, utilize and build background knowledge (schema) -- Determine the most important ideas and themes -- Monitor for meaning and problem solving when meaning breaks down -- Q and A on weaving thinking together with testing -- Integrity: it's all about being true to ourselves and our profession.