This section describes the tools available to help you prepare to take the THEA Test.
THEA Test Preparation Quick Reference Guide
A quick reference to THEA Test preparation is available to view or download (at no charge) from the THEA Web site by selecting "Test Preparation Quick Reference." This guide contains study strategies, sample test items, and a description of the skills tested by the THEA Test.
THEA Practice Test
A full-length practice version of the THEA Test is available (at no charge) on the THEA Web site by selecting "Practice Test." In addition to sample test questions, the practice test offers suggestions for how to benefit most from it and provides you with an answer key indicating the correct response for each question. The answer key section also includes a Skill Evaluation Chart that you can use after completing the practice test to help you decide which skills are your strengths and which skills may require extra work.
The Official THEAŽ Test Study Guide
The Official THEA® Test Study Guide contains
a detailed instructional chapter on each of the skills
eligible for testing, and includes numerous examples
and exercises and a full-length practice test complete
with an answer key and detailed answer explanations.
Each section of the study guide (Reading, Mathematics,
and Writing) has a list of study resources and study
ideas. This is the only official study guide for the
THEA Test. It was written by Evaluation Systems, the developer of the THEA Test. The
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the
Texas Education Agency participated in its development.
You may order your copy of The Official THEA®
Test Study Guide as follows:
If you are registering on the Internet, you
may order a THEA Test study guide during the registration
process.
If you are registering for the test by U.S.
mail, you may order a copy of the study
guide in section 15 of the THEA Test registration form.
If you are ordering more than one copy or if
you are not registering for the test at the present
time, you may order a copy of the study guide
by using the order form for The Official THEA® Test Study
Guide. This form can be downloaded and printed as a PDF document
from the THEA Web site by selecting "Print Bulletin and Forms (PDF)."
Please note that study guides ordered
from Evaluation Systems may take up to three weeks for delivery.
If you order a study guide and do not receive it within
three weeks, please call (866) 565-4879. If you do not receive
your study guide, you are still responsible for attending
the test for which you are registered. If you are
registering close to your test date, it may be to
your advantage to purchase a study guide from a local
college bookstore or other retailer.
The Official THEA® Test Study Guide is available
as an audio recording. For further information, please contact
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic® (RFB&D®)
at www.rfbd.org or (800) 221-4792.
