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Tyler Dobbins
For this course, we had to take a practice Praxis Core Exam. The purpose of this
assignment was to see where we are in terms of passing the exam and what we need to study for
the real test. It is an exam to determine if you can get your teaching license for any school district
in the country. In order to continue your education after CSN, to receive a Bachelor's degree, you
need to pass the Praxis Exam in order to get into the Education program at either University of
Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV), University of Nevada Reno (UNR), or Nevada State College
(NSC). The Praxi is a pass-fail exam, and passing scores change from state to state. In Nevada
you need to pass the mathematics portion with a 150, the reading portion with a 156, and the
I have heard about the Praxis prior to this class because a few friends of mine have taken
it. One still hasn't passed it and this next time will be his third try. I felt like the links to help us
were not very helpful because they were more about learning about the test and not much about
what to study. I looked at the study plan and clicked through it, but it didn't give me any
questions to help prepare me for this test. The hardest thing about this test, for me, was that I
have not yet learned all of the material in my math class. I had a little bit of trouble there, and I
do believe that the reading and writing portion can be easily improved upon for me by really
Praxis Core Analysis 2
working through it and doing some serious studying. The practice Praxis exam was definitely an
On math I scored a 68% and that means I have some room for improvement. My reading
score was a 46%, which means I need a lot of improvement on that section of the exam. The
writing portion I scored a 55%, which also means I need a lot of improvement in this area.
Things would be different if I were to take it for real because I will have studied to the best of
my abilities in order to pass that exam. I would also probably hire a tutor to help me prepare, but
like I mentioned before, I'm not so sure teaching is what I wanna do anymore.
For the future, if I do continue pursuing a degree in teaching, I plan on hiring a tutor and
getting the Praxis book, along with signing up for the classes at CSN. This exam has a lot of
complex questions that most people would have to prepare for, by doing a lot of studying. I
would use all the resources that are available to me in order to pass this exam because it is a
requirement on the path forward. If it doesn't work out for me, then I will find another way to