PREPARING FOR THE TESTS

CSET Test Guides
You may view or download test guides for all examinations of the CSET on the CSET Web site by selecting "Test Guides." CSET test guides are free of charge and are available only in electronic form on the CSET Web site.

CSET test guides were developed in consultation with California teaching program faculty. Each test guide contains applicable subject matter requirements or Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities; information about examination and subtest structure; scoring scales; sample test questions; annotated responses to multiple-choice questions; sample responses to constructed-response questions; and other useful information about the examination. The CSET: Writing Skills, CSET: Preliminary Educational Technology, and CSET: LOTE Subtests IV and V test guides provide similar information.

Most test guides also contain an annotated list of resources recommended by California faculty members in CTC-approved preparation programs, which you can use to prepare for the examinations. This list includes authors, titles, publishers, and publication dates of materials that are related to the scope and content of the test, including textbooks, journal articles, research summaries, state policy documents, and other relevant materials.


CSET: Multiple Subjects Practice Test
You may download a computer-administered practice test program for CSET: Multiple Subjects on the CSET Web site by selecting "CSET: Multiple Subjects Practice Test." The practice test is available free of charge. The CSET: Multiple Subjects Computer-Administered Practice Test is an interactive computer program that contains practice test forms for CSET: Multiple Subjects Subtests I, II, and III (test codes 101, 102, and 103, respectively). The program includes a tutorial providing instructions on how to use and navigate through the practice test, a full-length practice test form for each CSET: Multiple Subjects subtest, and scoring of the multiple-choice section of each subtest. If you do not wish to or are not able to download this program, you can print a paper version of the practice test from the CSET Web site.


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