Educational solutions to the problem of test anxiety were explored. Test anxiety has a debilitating effect on performance which increases over the school years. The solution is, first, to measure test anxiety so that the extent of it, as well as the effectiveness of programs designed to alleviate it, can be measured. The seven-item Comfort Index, a shortened version of Sarason's Test Anxiety Scale for Children, was employed in five studies conducted to determine optimal testing conditions. Each study generally allowed more time than the standard testing condition, or more information about the difficulty level and expected performance, or both. Under optimal conditions, anxious students had similar performance as low-anxious students. A curriculum of test taking skills was developed for a number of subject areas and presented in grades 2, 3-4, and 5-6. Results showed significant gains in achievement test performance at all levels. Significant gains were noted for one-quarter to one-third of the participants, with high test-anxious students showing the most gains. The curriculum was evaluated by inservice and preservice teachers. Those who expressed an interest in test taking skills rated it as more effective and important than those with little interest or than inexperienced student teachers. (GDC)