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| Read the Directions! |
| We find directions on all kinds of things: soup cans, clothing tags, cleaning products. They're not there just to take up space! They're there because the manufacturers want us to get the most we can out of their products. It's the same with standardized tests. Test-makers write directions so test-takers have a better chance of success on the test. Let's take a look at the directions to the PRAXIS I Reading Test line-by-line. Click on an green star below or the bubbles to the left for explanations. Each statement or passage in this test is followed by a question or questions based on its content. After reading a statement or passage, choose the best answer to each question from among the five choices given. Answer all questions following a statement or passage on the basis of what is stated or implied; you are not expected to have any previous knowledge of the topics treated in the statements and passages. Be sure to mark all your answers on your answer sheet and completely fill in the lettered space with a heavy, dark mark so that you cannot see the letter. Remember, try to answer every question. Look - they said it again! It must be important. |
| Briefly: All of the answers can be found in the passage or statement. Try not to let previous knowledge of a subject lead you to an incorrect answer choice! There may be more than one correct answer choice; choose the clearest, most complete one. Answer all of the questions, even if you have to guess. |
| Hermann was beginning to wish he'd read the directions first. |
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