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I have purchased the West E study guides for both the Reading and regular West E test. I had it down. However when I took the test; it was so repetitive and more in depth than the book. Any suggestions on how to pass this required test?
Thank you!
by Eric Rembold
Feb 7, 2014
Just walked out of the test about an hour ago - I passed! This is a test that is challenging on several fronts; content and time management. There are 110 questions and you have 4 hour to finish. Since you are probably a math whiz, that averages out to about two minutes a question. The strategy I used was to skip over any question that I thought mi...See MoreJust walked out of the test about an hour ago - I passed! This is a test that is challenging on several fronts; content and time management. There are 110 questions and you have 4 hour to finish. Since you are probably a math whiz, that averages out to about two minutes a question. The strategy I used was to skip over any question that I thought might take some thinking. My goal was to move through the easier questions first as I didn't want to miss any low hanging points.
Content really was a surprise. A lot more on matrices, series,standard deviations and probabilities than I had anticipated. There were quite a few on basic calculus.
Know what an axiom is Questions like, "Is this an example of associative, distributive, commutative properties" are fair game. I didn't know what a whisker and pole diagram was until last week. Glad I learned it!
This was not a calculator intensive test. Mostly you need to understand concepts an terminology. If you are a person that is comfortable cranking out massive problems, you are going to be surprised on how little cranking you will have to do. All the testing help materials you can buy probably won't be as useful as a couple of high school texts. I used: algebra trig, pre-calculus and a geometry book. I skimmed the chapters for definitions (made a vocabulary list) and did some problems at the end of each chapter.
I think you are better being a generalist rather than knowing material really in-depth. What takes a lot of time is getting a question that you have no idea what to do with and you are trying to power logic your way through. "Polar Coordinates? I thought that was how they tracked bears in the arctic!"
In Washington state you can retake the exam every 45 days. You might want to plan 2 attempts before you hit your 'gotta pass by' date. It was really different than what I had expected.
Rigor and the Common Core: Just the Beginning - article by Barbara Blackburn in the NEW February issue of Teachers.Net Gazette.
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