What’s on the Praxis Core?

  • Mathematics
    • Number and Quantity
      1. Understanding of order among fractions
      2. Representation of a number in more than one way
      3. Place value
      4. Properties of whole numbers
      5. Counterexamples
      6. Ratios, rates, and percents
    • Algebra and Functions
      1. Manipulating expressions and equations
      2. Solving linear and quadratic equations
      3. Solving algebraic word problems
      4. Creating expressions and equations from verbal descriptions
    • Geometry
      1. Characteristics and properties of geometric shapes
      2. Congruence and similarity
      3. Angle relationships
      4. Circles
    • Statistics and Probability
      1. Reading and interpreting visual display of quantitative information
      2. Understanding the correspondence between data and graph
      3. Making inferences from a given data display
      4. Determining mean, median, and mode
      5. Assigning a probability to an outcome
  • Reading
    • Key Ideas and Details
    • Craft, Structure, and Language Skills
    • Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
  • Writing
    • Error Identification: recognize errors in mechanics, structural and grammatical relationships, and idiomatic or word choice
    • Sentence Correction:
    • Revision in Context
    • Research Skills