The Research and Evaluation Branch of the Los Angeles Unified School District presents a bulletin to help prepare students to do their best on achievement tests. The bulletin is divided into five sections. After an introduction, section 2, "Characteristics of Today's Standardized Achievement Tests" discusses test content, test format, answer documents, machine scoring, and time limits. The next section, "Developing Student Readiness for Test Taking" includes test content readiness, test-taking skill readiness, and emotional readiness. Section 4, "Providing for Optimal Test Administration" attends to the physical setting, preparation for test administration, and the day of testing. Section 5, is a ten-item "Student Checklist for Test-Taking." (PN)