Wrapping up

Congratulations! You’ve reached the end of the course. This section walks you through the next step: registering for the test and planning for test day.

Testing registration

The Praxis Core: Writing (5723) is administered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS). You can take it on its own, or you can take it alongside Praxis Reading (5713) and Math (5733) by registering for the Praxis Core Combined Test (5752).

To register, you’ll need to create an ETS Praxis account (if you haven’t already). Go to the Praxis registration page to create your account, register, and choose a test date.

Additional information

The test is offered at authorized test centers across the country, and you can also take it at home on your own computer, monitored online by a human proctor. The at-home test is identical to the one at a test center.

• Make sure the name you use to register matches your primary form of identification exactly. If it doesn’t, you may not be allowed to take the exam.
• Check whether your state requires additional tests here.
• Each of the three Core tests (Reading, Writing, and Math) costs $90. If you register for all three at once as the Combined Test (5752), the fee is $150.

Each state sets its own passing score on a 100-200 scale; check your state’s requirement at praxis.ets.org.

You can retake the test as many times as needed, but you must wait at least 28 days between test dates. You’ll also need to pay the test fee again, but there is no additional retake fee.

Testing accommodations are available for test-takers who qualify under the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA). To see whether you qualify and how to apply, check here.

Dump sheet

Many test takers use “dump sheets” as study supplements and as a way to create a legal reference during the exam. A dump sheet typically includes visual guides and condensed notes on key topics. The idea is to memorize the material ahead of time and then “dump” it onto your scratch paper as soon as the timed test begins.

At a test center, you can’t bring your own paper: the administrator provides scratch paper, and you may use it only during the timed sections—not during the tutorial and other untimed directions, and not during breaks. At home, notes go on a small desktop whiteboard or on one sheet of paper inside a transparent sheet protector, written with an erasable marker, and you erase them in view of the proctor at the end of the test. Dump sheets aren’t required to succeed, but some test takers find them helpful.

You can certainly create your own, but here are Achievable’s Praxis Core: Writing dump sheets:

Download: Praxis Core: Writing Dump Sheet - The test and the two essays

Download: Praxis Core: Writing Dump Sheet - Pronouns

Download: Praxis Core: Writing Dump Sheet - Verbs and modifiers

Download: Praxis Core: Writing Dump Sheet - Punctuation

Download: Praxis Core: Writing Dump Sheet - Sentence structure and agreement

Download: Praxis Core: Writing Dump Sheet - Revision and word choice

Download: Praxis Core: Writing Dump Sheet - Research skills and citations

Final thoughts

On test day, focus on the basics that help you perform consistently:

• Get enough sleep the night before.
• Eat a solid breakfast.
• Wear comfortable clothing.
• Arrive early (or log in early, if testing remotely) so you have time to handle check-in steps.
• Keep an eye on the clock in each section. The Writing test has three separately timed sections (40 minutes for 40 selected-response questions, then two 30-minute essays), so pace yourself within each one rather than trying to save time across sections.
• Trust your preparation. You’ve practiced outlining and writing both essays, and you’ve drilled the grammar rules - approach test day the same way you approached your practice sessions.