Coronavirus Pandemic, Anxiety, and the Test Taker

There is little doubt that many of us feel additional stress and anxiety despite being experts on optimal preventative protocols to ward off Coronavirus. As we deal with this pandemic, student’s lives especially, are strewn into the unknown: The College Board is canceling SAT locations. High schools are closing. Colleges such as Harvard, Berkeley, and New York Law School, are holding classes virtually and their students are being sent home. Throw into the mix ‘social distancing’ and a general pre-lockdown mentality a’la Italy and China, and anyone of us can understandably feel dysregulated, sad, and isolated.

As we slide in…