Adrian Duarte

Theri Wyckoff

EDU 299

Date (08/11/2018)

Praxis Core Exam Analysis

Exam Requirements

As required by the admissions requirements for UNLV, NSC, and UNR, the

Praxis Core Exam or the CBEST exam must be passed to enroll in an Education

Bachelor’s degree program at these Nevada institutions. Passing scores for the Praxis

Core in Nevada for Math, Reading, and Writing are as follows: The minimum passing

score I must attain on the math section of the exam is 150. The minimum passing score

that one must achieve on the reading section of the exam is 156. The minimum passing

score I must attain on the writing section of the exam is 162.

Exam Preparation

My exam preparation has included reading published books, such as Praxis I that

corroborate methods on passing the Praxis Core exam, while also educating on the

specific concepts covered in the three examinations. Other methods of preparation I

continue to use are utilizing online resources, such as YouTube videos for math sections,

as I learn best by visual examples, and researching the types of questions present on the

reading sections of the exam.

Exam Results

Based on my results from the Teachers Test Prep examination, my results

determine what areas are needed that I spend more study time towards before taking the
Praxis exam. In the math practice exam, I scored 74% which is borderline passing. With a

score within the 74% range, I have an equal chance of passing the exam. With this result,

I plan to devote more time to study in the areas of algebra/functions and

statistics/probability, as determined by the results diagnostics. In reading, I scored a 57%

which stated that “significant improved is needed.” Surprisingly, it was not the questions

or answer choices that were most perplexing to me, but the several selections of Old-

English passages within this online practice exam that hindered my ability to understand

what the passages were about. The Praxis study books that I currently utilize do not have

excerpts or passages from American or British works of literature with Old-English.

Nonetheless, based on the reading score diagnostics, it is suggested that I focus my

studies on vocabulary and word meaning, central ideas, inferences and assumptions,

organization, and comparing and contrasting passages. Moreover, for the writing section,

I scored in the 85% range, which means that I’m likely to pass the official Praxis exam.

Future Exam Preparation

As I have not taken all portions of the official Praxis Core exam, I plan to utilize

textbooks, EdReady, KhanAcademy, and other online resources that will assist in

ensuring that I do pass all three sections of the examination. Unfortunately, CSN has not

offered any Praxis Core Review courses in the past two years that I have been enrolled as

a student; thus, I will continue to use textbooks and online resources to study for the

Praxis Core exam and to take Praxis practice exams. I will also continue to utilize Khan

Academy for the math section of the exam, and I will look into possible tutoring

opportunities so I can ensure that I pass these sections of the exam within the next couple

of weeks.