Bravo, Jalen!: Closing the Curtain on Test Anxiety

His name means calm, but Jalen feels anything but mellow when it’s time to take a test. He struggles to live up to his name because tests make his insides mushy and his thoughts fuzzy.

Whether it’s a scheduled exam or a pop quiz, Jalen worries his body will shut down, his mind will go blank, and he’ll flop. He calls it the three Fs – freezing, forgetting, and failing!

During a math test, Jalen speeds through every single problem because he must finish before the battery dies in his lapt...