Cracking the CBEST

by Rick Sliter

THE PRINCETON REVIEW GETS RESULTS. Get all the prep you need to ace the California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST) with 3 full-length practice tests, thorough topic reviews, and proven techniques to help you score higher.

Techniques That Actually Work.
• Tried-and-true tactics to help you avoid traps and beat the test
• Tips for pacing yourself and guessing logically
• Essential strategies to help you work smarter, not harder

Everything You Need to Know to Help Achieve a High Score.
• Comprehensive content reviews for all test topics
• A helpful essay template to break down the writing section piece-by-piece
• Math fundamentals to help you review the basics, as well as estimation, measurement, statistical principles, computation, and more

Practice Your Way to Excellence.
• 3 full-length practice tests with detailed answer explanations
• Tons of practice problems and drills
• Summary lists at the end of each content review chapter

Genres: Teaching

564 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Jeffrey Root · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you are looking for a book to review for the California CBEST, this is it. The testing strategies not only helped me with the CBEST, they are helping me with all standardized testing.

[Annika · Rating 5 out of 5]

I did not study for months before as the book suggests, but rather read through it a few days before for a quick review. I did not do the practice tests at the end of the book, but I did do the practice problems in each chapter. The quick refresher and general testing tips provided was enough to leave me feeling prepared and ready! (Didn't want to review until I got my score -- but I passed! 5/5 would recommend).

[Danny Nguyen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I went through this test prep book to help me take the CBEST exams this summer. I passed all three sections: the math, the reading, and the writing. That alone should tell you that the book worked. It is no nonsense and helpful. It is clear and concise with its advice. It does its job.

Now I'm on my way to becoming a substitute teacher.

[Guillermo Galvan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a good book with a nice sense of humor. The material is well organized and is explained in a very easy to understand manner. I've never been good at math, then again I never really tried, but this book guided me from the fundamentals and I was doing basic geometry in a few days. Youtube tutorials were also a great help.

[The Badger · Rating 3 out of 5]

The text is fine, but the CBEST is overrated. The book makes it sound like the GRE, when it's probably closer to the GED. If you passed your GRE (especially math), you don't need to live and breathe this book for months.

[Cindel Pena · Rating 1 out of 5]

Didn't help at all!!!!!