{"id":1417,"date":"2016-11-04T01:50:29","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T08:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/praxis\/?p=1417"},"modified":"2019-01-30T17:14:02","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T01:14:02","slug":"often-take-praxis-practice-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/praxis\/often-take-praxis-practice-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"How Often Should You Take Praxis Practice Tests?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Praxis practice tests are an important part of test preparation. How often should you plan to take them? We\u2019re here to answer all your Praxis practice test questions!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1418\" src=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/praxis\/files\/2016\/10\/shutterstock_70576054-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"How Often Should You Take Praxis Practice Tests? Magoosh\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/praxis\/files\/2016\/10\/shutterstock_70576054-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magoosh.com\/praxis\/files\/2016\/10\/shutterstock_70576054-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/magoosh.com\/praxis\/files\/2016\/10\/shutterstock_70576054.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Why Should You Take Praxis Practice Tests?<\/h2>\n<p>Practice tests help you with a lot of different goals. Here are a few:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn what type of questions are on the exam.<\/li>\n<li>Figure out what areas you need to study more or see if your studying has prepared you enough.<\/li>\n<li>Practice test day time management.<\/li>\n<li>Learn from practice questions by studying the questions you got wrong or weren\u2019t sure how to solve.<\/li>\n<li>Make the test less \u201cscary\u201d by taking away some of the fear of the unknown.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How Often Should You Take Praxis Practice Tests?<\/h2>\n<p>You should take Praxis practice tests as often as you are able. That will depend on how many tests you have available and how much time you have to study. It also depends on how &#8220;shaky&#8221; you feel on the content- you may take more practice tests for one subtest than another, for instance.<\/p>\n<p>When I study, I try to take one practice test before I begin studying as a \u201cpre-test.\u201d That helps me figure out my areas of weakness. At around the halfway point in my studying (maybe two or three weeks in), I\u2019ll take a second practice test to see how far I\u2019ve come and what I need to study more. At this point, you could also take just practice tests for the individual Praxis Core subtests if you need to focus more in a particular area. Near the actual test day, maybe two days beforehand, I\u2019ll take a full-length practice test to make sure I know how to manage my time on test day. That routine with studying spaced throughout works well for me, but your strategy may be a little different.<\/p>\n<h2>Where to Find Free Praxis Practice Tests<\/h2>\n<p>Unfortunately, the resources out there for free, full-length Praxis practice tests are pretty limited, but there are lots of resources for Praxis practice <em>questions<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ets.org\/praxis\/prepare\/materials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ETS offers free study companions<\/a> for all of their tests, including the Praxis Core. These are not full-length tests, but they <em>do<\/em> have practice questions.<\/p>\n<p>Praxis books available from your local library often contain practice tests or questions. <a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/praxis\/praxis-study-guide-book-reviews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike\u2019s book reviews<\/a> can point you in the right direction (some books are <em>not<\/em> good!).<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/praxis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Magoosh Praxis blog<\/a> has lots of posts with practice questions for different sections of the Praxis Core and different sub-areas of the <a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/praxis\/praxis-math\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Math<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/praxis\/praxis-writing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Writing<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/praxis\/praxis-reading\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reading<\/a> tests. Here are a few:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/praxis\/praxis-math-complete-statistics-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Praxis Core Math: Statistics and Probability Questions, Part 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/praxis\/praxis-core-math-linear-equation-practice-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Praxis Core Math: Linear Equation Practice Questions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/praxis\/how-to-write-an-argumentative-essay-for-praxis-core-writing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Write an Argumentative Essay for the Praxis Core Writing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/praxis\/praxis-core-reading-structure-practice-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Praxis Core Reading: Structure Practice Questions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/praxis\/6-practice-questions-for-the-praxis-core\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">6 Practice Questions for the Praxis Core<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Where to Find Paid Praxis Practice Tests<\/h2>\n<p>So, Praxis practice tests are kind of one of those things where you get what you pay for. It is completely possible to study for the test with only the ETS materials and do well. However, if you want high quality, full-length tests to practice with, you often need to pay some amount.<\/p>\n<p>One option is the <a href=\"http:\/\/store.ets.org\/store\/ets\/en_US\/DisplayCategoryProductListPage\/ThemeID.12805600\/categoryID.3552300\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ETS Interactive Practice Tests<\/a>. For $20, you get 90-day access to <em>one set<\/em> of practice questions. The benefit is that these are about as legit as it gets, since it comes from the test creators. You can also get the practice tests for a wide variety of tests you need to study for. The downside is that it is only one set of questions in the same order every time, which has limited usefulness.<\/p>\n<p>Another option is right here at Magoosh. Did you know <a href=\"https:\/\/praxis.magoosh.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">we have a Praxis Core prep service<\/a> chock-full of lessons and practice? It isn\u2019t too expensive, either. You can take as many practice tests as you want like this:<\/p>\n<p><strong>First, choose Custom Practice and then:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>select a set of 56 Math questions and a time limit of 85 minutes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>select a set of 56 Reading questions and a time limit of 85 minutes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>select a set of 40 Writing questions and a time limit of 40 minutes<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Then select \u201cquiz mode\u201d so the answers are hidden until the end.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This matches the Praxis test time limits and number of questions, plus it is computer-based, so it will feel very similar to your test day experience. Sweet!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Did you use practice tests to study for the Praxis? Did you think they were helpful? How often did <em>you<\/em> take Praxis practice tests? Let me know in the comments!<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Praxis practice tests are an important part of test preparation. How often should you plan to take them? 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