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In addition, as mentioned in previous chapters,

you must receive a passing score on the writing sample

subsection of the Writing section of the THEA. Your

writing sample will be graded by two readers and their

combined score used to evaluate how you did. Your

score will be a combination of the two readers’ judg￾ments, somewhere between a possible high of 8 and a

low of 2. To see how you did on your essay for this third

and final practice exam, be sure to give it and the scor￾ing criteria to a teacher and ask him or her to score your

essay for you.

You have probably seen improvement between

your first practice exam score and this one; but if you

didn’t improve as much as you would like, following are

some options for you to consider:

■ If you scored below 60%, you should seriously

consider whether you are ready for the THEA at

this time. A good idea would be to take some

brush-up courses, either at a community college

nearby or through correspondence, in the areas

you feel less sure of. If you don’t have time for a

course, you might try private tutoring.

■ If your score is in the 60% to 70% range, you

need to work as hard as you can to improve your

skills. Reread and pay close attention to all the

information in Chapters 2, 4, 5, and 6 of this

book to improve your score.

■ If your score is between 70% and 80%, you could

still benefit from additional work by going back to

Chapters 4, 5, and 6 and by brushing up on your

reading comprehension and general math skills

before the exam.

■ If you scored above 80%, that’s great! This kind of

score should make you a success in the academic

program of your choice. Don’t lose your edge,

though; keep studying right up to the day before

the exam.

The key to success in almost any pursuit is to

prepare for all you are worth. By taking the practice

exams in this book, you have made yourself better pre￾pared than other people who may be taking the exam

with you. You have diagnosed where your strengths

and weaknesses lie and learned how to deal with the

various kinds of questions that will appear on the test.

Go into the exam with confidence, knowing that you

are ready and equipped to do your best.

–THEA PRACTICE EXAM 3–

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