Test Anxiety among Outstanding and Non-outstanding Female Student at the Faculty of Educational Sciences / Al-Hussein Bin Talal University / Ma'an – Jordan

The aim of this study is to identify the level of test anxiety among students of Faculty of Educational Sciences and its relationship with some variables such as academic excellence and specialization. The study sample consisted of (90) female students from the Faculty of Educational Sciences/ Al-Hussein Bin Talal University which has been divided into two groups: the first group: outstanding students (45 students ) and the second group : non-outstanding students (45 students ) , all are selected randomly. The results showed that:- The level of test anxiety of female students at the Faculty of Educational Sciences is a medium - The outstanding students have a higher level of test anxiety compared with non-outstanding students. - The students of The classroom teacher specialization suffer from test anxiety more than students of kindergarten and special education specialization - The outstanding female students in three specialization have greater tests anxiety than non-outstanding students , but all differences are insignificant at level (0.05). Keywords: outstanding students; Academic achievement; performance; self-confidence; female; specializatio