Archive for April, 2010

The Process of Deriving SAT Test Scores

You might wonder how your SAT Reasoning Test score is calculated. It seems a bit hard to understand at first, but later you will realize how easy it is to process and test results. It is simply the easiest and just two results: the raw score and scale score.

The first to be calculated is the gross score of the student. This is actually the number of points you earned in the test, based on the number of correctly answered questions that you, minus a fraction of the number of questions you wrong.
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SAT Sample Test - What to Expect during the SAT Test?

Do you think you are not yet ready for the SAT Reasoning Test? Are you afraid of not completing the SAT time? Then it is recommended that you test samples of SAT test to take your level of preparation to gauge and you’re ready to reasoning sample tests Sat certainly can give you the advantage of knowing how it feels to win to take the actual testing, and formulating techniques to help you fill the three sections of the SAT Reasoning time.

SAT sample tests online can be downloaded from various websites of the tests or consult books, study guides and other materials specifically for reading of test takers SAT to give an idea of the contents of SAT Reasoning Test, here is a list of sections with the associated time pressure: (more…)

Do Test make you Nervous? Try these strategies

It’s natural to be nervous before a test such as the Praxis tests. You can use your nervous energy to strengthen your performance if you approach the test with these facts in mind:

There are no trick questions on the test. (Some questions may be difficult for you, but they were not written in order to trick you or other test-takers.)
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Praxis II-Smart tips for taking the tests

1. Put your answers in the right “bubbles.” It seems obvious, but if you are taking the paper-and-pencil version of a multiple-choice test, you should make sure you are “bubbling in” the answer to the right question on your answer sheet. Check the question number each time you fill in an answer. Use a Number 2 lead pencil, and be sure that each mark is heavy and dark and completely fills the answer space. If you change an answer, be sure the previous mark is erased completely. For the PPST computer-based version, be sure that the circle next to your chosen answer is dark after you have clicked on it. Praxis II Test

2. Be prepared for questions that use the words LEAST, EXCEPT, or NOT. Some questions may ask you to select that choice that doesn’t fit or that contains information that is not true. Questions in this format use the words Least, Except, or NOT. The words are capitalized when they appear in test questions. This alerts you to the fact that you are looking for the single answer choice. Here is an example of a question in this format that might be on the math part of the PPST.
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