The No Child Left Behind Act adds another area of assessment to a student's school year. With so much to know, do students have the memory skills to achieve their potential? The answer is no according to Jim Sarris, teacher and author of "Memory Skills Made Easy".

Tarrytown, NY (PRWeb) December 6, 2006 -- When Jim Sarris, veteran teacher and creator of Memory Skills Made Easy (http://www.MemorySkillsMadeEasy.com), showed 8th graders a simple memory strategy for an upcoming test, their reaction was an immediate, "Wow! This is easy. How come we never learned this in school?"


These 8th graders are not the only students wondering why memory skills are not part of the curriculum at their school. What they may not know is memory training has never been a part of a school's mission.

"Students have to learn how to process information," says Pat Wyman, best selling author of Learning vs Testing. "Some do it well and excel on all types of tests. But many others struggle and just assume they have a bad memory.

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