My liberation came yesterday at 2pm when I walked out of the Tooele USU campus having just taken my 4-hour plus Praxis test. Anybody and everybody who goes into the teaching profession has to take some form of it. Even school counselors are required.
I've only been studying since last October off and on and really hit it 2 months ago. I had no idea what to expect so I studied way more stuff than I needed to. I relearned stuff I had learned eons ago, and I learned stuff that was all new. My kids were fabulous tutors as I asked questions about math and science. They know things!
The test was 4 parts: Language arts which was 90 minutes and 65 questions; Math was 50 questions in 60 minutes; Social studies was 50 questions in 50 minutes; and Science was the same. There was no break as I went from one to the other. Overall it was easier than I imagined. I had no-brainer questions, questions that made me think, and then stuff I absolutely had no idea about.
The best part was no waiting for scores. The scoring is based on a scale of 100 to 200. Utah requires that I get a 157 in both language arts and math to pass; social studies I needed a 155 and science a 159. My unofficial scores were 183 in language arts, 182 in math, 181 in social studies, and a high score of 187 in science. That one surprised me since science is my least favorite.
Not only did I pass, but I rocked it! I think those scores are resume worthy.
This was probably one of the biggest tests I've taken since the ACT and I feel like my time is my own again.
I wasn't the only one with good scores. The AP scores came out a few days ago and Kiersten and Erik both received 4s on their exams. That will give them both some college credit.
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