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TwitterTest of English for international communication (TOEIC) is a standardized test administered by a division of the Educational Testing Service, a huge undertaking exempt private text based in New Jersey. ETS is the same organization that tests of the GRE, SAT, last, and a bunch of tests in other areas, including hairdressers, plumbers, and manages golf. The TOEIC is supposed to be set up to the skills of a non-native speakers of English in the English test. But it really tests how a multiple choice exam. Anyway, all the expressions, idioms and grammar on the TOEIC are most common in America, England or other non-English speaking countries.
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TOEIC - Test of English for international communication
Posted by Test Preparation on May 11th, 2010
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The importance of The GED exam
Posted by Test Preparation on May 4th, 2010
The General Educational Development (GED) exam provides anyone who has not completed high school in a certificate of high school equivalence to obtain. That’s like a high school diploma, and it is necessary for those who want their studies at university or other career-oriented program is continued. Do you have a high school diploma today is very important if you want a good job.
The five areas of the GED
The GED exam is divided into five tests:
- Language Arts, Writing.
- Social Studies.
- Science
- Language Arts, Reading
- Mathematics (more…)
The Process of Deriving SAT Test Scores
Posted by Test Preparation on April 30th, 2010
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?
Posted by Test Preparation on April 21st, 2010
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…)
Praxis II-Smart tips for taking the tests
Posted by Test Preparation on April 9th, 2010
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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What should I know to pass the GED test?
Posted by Test Preparation on November 7th, 2009
You are tested on knowledge and skills you have acquired from life experiences, work experiences, television, radio, books, magazines, newspapers, consumer products, and advertising. Many questions will involve the roles that adults play: citizen and community member, worker, and/or family member. Many documents will be “how to” documents especially found in business settings.
In particular, keep these facts in mind about the specific tests:
- A. Part I of the Language Arts, Writing Test requires you to recognize or correct errors, revise sentences or passages, or shift constructions in the four areas of organization, sentence structure, usage, and mechanics (capitalization, punctuation, and spelling). The types of letters and memos you would normally write are likely to be included. Informational texts from business-related documents will be used.
In Part II you will have to write a well-developed essay on a topic familiar to most adults. You will be asked to have an audience and a purpose in mind for the essay. You will write in a real life context and adopt a role. You will be asked to generate (produce) ideas, express them clearly, organize the ideas, and connect them appropriately.
- B. Three of the five tests - Social Studies, Science, and Language Arts, Reading - require that you answer questions based on reading passages or interpret graphs, charts, maps, cartoons, or diagrams. Developing strong reading and thinking skills is the key to succeeding on these tests.
The Social Studies Test looks at history in terms of critical points in time and clusters (groups) of historical periods. Psychology, the science of behavior, is not a separate content area, but it is included in other social studies areas. More emphasis is placed on US & world history and civics and government.
The Science Test is based on the National Science Education Standards (NSES). It emphasizes scientific understandings and places special emphasis on the environment and on health questions. Science educaiton focuses on the activities or ways in which people use science in their daily lives.
Online CAT 2009 Test Preparation
Posted by Test Preparation on October 28th, 2009
CAT has become one of the most competitive exams for preparation to judge the potential of the candidates willing to pursue their career in Business Administration. Ending a three-decade-old paper-pencil format for the Common Admission Test (CAT), the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have decided to adopt a computer based model for CAT 2009. The new Computer Based Test (CBT) will be embraced by IIMs across the country - Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Indore, Kozhikode, Lucknow and Shillong, and will give the students the flexibility to select a date convenient to them from a specified period of 10 days. The new system is also expected to help the Institutes of Management cope effectively with the increasing number of candidates every year. While around 95,000 candidates took CAT in 2003, the number rose to about 2,50,000 in 2008, reflecting a phenomenal growth, bringing the administrative system under severe pressure. With the online test, CAT will be similar to the GMAT test in its process.
The CAT will be conducted at Prometric centres across India.
In 2003, CAT question paper had been leaked and this resulted in a retest being held later that year. Computer-Based Test will ensure enhanced security in terms of biometric identification of candidates and video monitoring. Such a format is expected to improve communication between candidates and IIMs in terms of programme information, test delivery, receipt of admit cards and receipt of score reports. However, the nature of study preparation does not depend on whether the CAT is a paper-based or a computer-based test.
Every year, the CAT has changed in some way or the other. This year, the change is with respect to the mode of taking the test. As far as preparing the concepts are concerned, there will not be any change. However, one must go through sufficient online practice to acclimatise oneself with the online testing process. One needs material that will cover basic concepts explained in a friendly manner, CAT application-based questions for practice with explanatory answers and test papers. Also, it is a good idea to check out the material of most of the reputed MBA training institutions.
Verbal Ability sample SAT test questions
Posted by Test Preparation on October 22nd, 2009
- He believed that while there is serious unemployment in our auto industry, we should not ___________ foreign cars.
(a) build
(b) repair
(c) review
(d) import
(e) consolidate - How did you get your answer?
(a) I tried the word from each choice in the blank and came up with the best answer.
(b) I chose a word from the choices that ’sounded good’ but that I am really not sure is correct.
(c) I tried to figure out, before looking at the choices, what word would fit into the blank. Then I matched that word with the choices.
(d) I guessed.
(e) None of these. - The salesman in that clothing are so _____________ that it is impossible to even look at a garment without being ____________ by their efforts to convince you to purchase.
(a) offensive … considerate
(b) persistent … irritated
(c) extensive … induced
(d) immune … aided
(e) intriguing … evaluated - How did you get your answer?
(a) I tried each choice (two words at a time) in the blanks to see which made for the best sentence.
(b) I tried to see what words I could come up with for the blanks before looking at the choices.
(c) I tried the first word from each of the choices in the first blank in the sentence to see which made the most sense. Then I eliminated the choices whose first words didn’t make sense in the sentence. Finally, I tried both words in the remaining choices to further eliminate incorrect choices.
(d) I guessed.
(e) None of these. - Many buildings with historical significance are now being ______________ instead of being torn down.
(a) built
(b) forgotten
(c) destroyed
(d) praised
(e) repaired - How did you get your answer?
(a) I tried each of the choices in the blank.
(b) I tried to find my own word that would fit the blank before looking at the choices. Then I matched one of the choices with my word.
(c) I looked for a word that meant the opposite of ‘being torn down’.
(d) I guessed.
(e) None of these. - Being _______________ person, he insisted at the conference that when he spoke he was not to be interrupted.
(a) a successful
(b) a delightful
(c) a headstrong
(d) an understanding
(e) a solitary - How did you get your answer?
(a) I tried all the choices in the sentence and selected the best one.
(b) I realized, from the word Being and from the phrase after the comma, that there was a connection between the two parts of the sentence.
(c) I looked for the most difficult sounding word.
(d) I guessed.
(e) None of these. - In spite of the _______________ of her presentation, many people were ______________ with the speaker’s concepts and ideas.
(a) interest … enthralled
(b) power … taken
(c) intensity … shocked
(d) greatness … gratified
(e) strength … bored - How did you get your answer?
(a) I tried both words from each choice in the blanks to see which choice made the sentence sound best.
(b) I tried the first word from each choice in the first blank of the sentence to eliminate choices. Then I tried both words from the remaining choices to further eliminate choices.
(c) I realized that the words in spite of would create an opposition or contrast between the two parts of the sentence and therefore looked for words in the choices that were opposites.
(d) I guessed.
(e) None of these. - (more…)
Scoring on the SAT
Posted by Test Preparation on October 21st, 2009
Each subject area on the SAT - Math, Writing, and Critical Reading - is scored on a scale of 200 to 800. The three scores are then totaled, for a combined score between 600 and 2,400. The average SAT score is about 500 per section, or 1,500 total.
You’ll receive your score report about two to four weeks after you take the test. It will include your scaled score as well as your percentile rank, which tells you how you performed relative to other people who took the same test. If your score is in the 60th percentile, it means that you scored better than 60 percen of test takers.
One way of thinking of your SAT score is to imagine yourself in a line with 100 other students, all waiting to be seen by an admissions officer. However, the officer can’t see every student - some students won’t make it through the door. If your SAT score is in the 50th percentile, you’d have fifty other kids in front of you in line. Maybe you’ll be seen, maybe not. Wouldn’t it be nice to jump the line? If you can boost your SAT score, even by a couple of points, you move up the line and increase your odds of getting through the door.
Score Choice
Beginning with the March 2009 SAT, you’ll be able to choose which SAT and SAT Subject Test scores you want colleges to see. This is great news! Let’s say that you take the SAT in March and don’t think you did as well as you could have - maybe you had a cold that day - so you take it again in May. This time you do much better. Under the College Board’s standard reporting policy ALL of your scores would be sent to the colleges you’re applying to. With Score Choice, as it’s being called, you can have only your May SAT scores sent. But pay attention: You can specify only the test date you want sent, not the section. (In other words, you can’t have your Math score from March but your Reading and Writing scores from May sent. It’s either all of March, or all of May.) Also, while the change will go into effect beginning with the March 2009 test date, you’ll be allowed to use the new feature retroactively for scores prior to March 2009. So if you have an older SAT score from December that isn’t as good as you’d like, you’ll be able to choose not to send it out to schools.
Score Choice will be optional for students - this means that you have to opt in and actively choose which specific tests you want to send to colleges. If you choose not to use Score Choice, then all of the scores on file for you will automatically be sent when you request score reports be sent to a college you’re applying to.
What is the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)?
Posted by Test Preparation on October 15th, 2009
The SAT is a standardized exam that most high school students take before applying for college. Generally, students take the SAT for the first time as high school juniors. If they do very well, they are through. If they want to try to boost their scores, they can take the test a second or even a third time.
The SAT tests you in three areas: reading, writing, and mathematical reasoning. As a result, each time you take the test you get three separate scores: a critical reading score, a writing score, and a math score. Each of these scores will fall somewhere between 200 and 800. For all three tests, the median score is 500: about 50 percent of all students score below 500 and about 50 percent score 500 or above. In talking about their results, students often the three scores and say, “Ron got a 1560,” or “Hermione got a 2400.” (Total scores range from 600 to 2400, with a median of about 1500.)
What is the format of the SAT?
The SAT is a 4-hour plus exam divided into ten sections; but because you should arrive a little early and because time is required to pass out materials, read instructions, collect the test, and give you two 10-minute breaks between sections, you should assume that you will be in the testing room for 4.5 to 5 hours.
Although the SAT contains ten sections, your score will be based on only 9 of them: five 25-minute multiple-choice sections (two math, two critical reading, and one writing skills); two 20-minute multiple-choice sections (one math and one critical reading); one 10-minute multiple-choice section (writing skills); and one 25-minute essay-writing section. The tenth section is an additional 25-minute multiple-choice section that may be on math, critical reading, or writing skills. It is what ETS calls an ‘equating’ section, but most people call it the ‘experimental’ section. ETS uses it to test new questions for use on future exams. However, because this section typically is identical in format to one of the other sections, you have no way of knowing which section is the experimental one, and so you must do your best on all ten sections.
How do I signup to take the SAT test?
Online: Go to www.collegeboard.com
Have available your social security number and/or date of birth.
Pay with a major credit card.
Note: If you are signing up for Sunday testing, or if you have a visual, hearing, or learning disability and plan to sign up for the Services for Students with Disabilities Program, you cannot register online. You must register by mail well in advance.
