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Praxis Core Exam Analysis

Francisco Perez

College of Southern Nevada

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The Praxis exam is a requirement for all teachers who decide to pursue a bachelor’s in

education. It is foremost that all teachers display that they have sufficient knowledge of math,

reading, and writing skills. This is the purpose of the Praxis Exam. Students often take

comprehensive tests like these and spend many hours preparing for them. Similarly, aspiring

teachers must take this comprehensive test in order to measure their skills and show that they are

prepared to be a teacher who expects their students to be able to do well on comprehensive tests.

For the math portion of the exam, the passing score is 150, for reading it is 156, and for writing,

it is 162

In order to prepare for this test, I have been brushing up on my reading, writing, and math

in different ways. In other education courses, I have been studying through Khan Academy

which has material to study for the Praxis Exam. However, I did not continue my studying

throughout the summer break which affected my scores on the practice exam. I studied before

taking the practice exam. I have also been trying to read more books during my leisure in order

to improve my reading skills. Having the opportunity to do a practice exam has also helped me

by showing me what scores I would likely get if I were to take the real exam right now.

Truthfully, my practice exam scores were not promising. I still need to study the exam a

lot more if I expect to pass the exam. I received a 72 percent on my math practice exam. I felt I

was most prepared for this part of the exam but expected to do better. In the reading portion, I

scored a 50 percent which reflects that I need to do a significant amount of studying on this

portion before I take the real exam. Lastly, in the writing portion of the exam, I scored 70

percent. These results show that I need to study the most in reading and still need some

improvement in the writing and math portions.

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My test results displayed that I still have a long way to go if I expect to pass the Praxis

exam. My goal is to pass the exam before the end of November so that I can pursue my

bachelor’s in education through UNLV. In order to do this, I will study the exam more frequently

through Khan Academy. I will also try using other resources that are available to help prepare for

the exam. If there are any concepts that I am struggling with, I will seek the help of a tutor to

help me get through any difficulties that I may confront.