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Registration
Who is eligible to take the CHSPE?
The current cost is $130. The payment can only be made by cashier's check or money order, and by credit card when registering online. Accommodations are made for homeless, who can submit a homeless youth or foster youth fee waiver request.

Scoring
The English-languages Arts section as two parts; The Reading subtest and the Languages subtest.
The minimum score to pass the Reading subtest is 350, the score of the Language subtest is a combination of the right answers in the multiple-choice questions and the development in the writing task scores. Go to the official CHSPE site to calculate this score.
The minimum score for the Mathematics section is 350 or higher.
The results are delivered by mail, about 5 weeks after you’ve taken the test. If you passed, certificate will be delivered with the results.
If you don’t receive your results in 5 weeks contact the CHSPE office right away.
Can I use Calculator?
Calculators are allowed in the Mathematics section of the CHSPE, but with some limitations. For example, it must be a solar-powered or battery-powered basic calculator, which means non-scientific, non-programmable and non-statistical calculator.
Also, you cannot share your calculator with other examinees, to avoid that the aspirants use them to share information during the test.
Calculators that are NOT permitted are:
- Statistical calculators
- Scientific calculators
- Programmable calculators
- Any other calculator that can enter letters along with numbers, that makes noise, prints, or have raised screens.
Retaking the Test
You can retake one section of the test if you failed, but you cannot retake a section of the test that you passed. Tips on what to do if you fail
What’s on the CHSPE?
- The CHSPE has a duration of 3 ½ hours that can be distributed by the examinee as preferred.
- The English-Language Arts section is composed by grammar and vocabulary questions and also an essay that the examinee must write.
- The Reading subtest has 84 multiple-choice questions, those assess seven aspects: initial understanding, interpretation, critical analysis, strategies, synonyms, multiple meaning words and context clues.
- The language subtest has 48 multiple-choice questions designed to evaluate six contents: capitalization usage, punctuation, sentence structure, pre-writing, content and organization.
- The math section assesses the aspirant abilities on geometry, algebra, and pre-algebra. This section has 50 multiple-choice questions, divided into 4 sections:
1. Number sense and operations
2. Patterns, relationships, and algebra
3. Data, statistics, and probability
4. Geometry and measurement.

How to Prepare for the Test
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Getting Started
How this study guide is organized 9
The CHSPE Study Plan 9
Making a Study Schedule 10
Reading
Self-Assessment 20
Answer Key 29
Help with Reading Comprehension 33
Main Idea and Supporting Details 36
Drawing Inferences And Conclusions 40
Meaning From Context 43
Vocabulary Self-Assessment 46
Answer Key 52
Help with Building your Vocabulary 54
How to Write an Essay
Formulating a Thesis 67
Common Essay Mistakes 1 70
Common Essay Mistakes 2 72
Writing Concisely 74
Language Arts
Self-Assessment 78
Answer Key 89
English Grammar and Punctuation 92
Capitalization 92
Punctuation 94
Hyphens 95
Apostrophes 97
Commas 98
Quotation Marks 100
Multiple Choice - Verb Tense 102
Common English Usage Mistakes 119
Subject Verb Agreement 126
Mathematics
Self-Assessment 137
Answer Key 146
Fraction Tips, Tricks & Shortcuts 150
Decimal Tips, Tricks & Shortcuts 155
Percent Tips, Tricks and Shortcuts 156
Exponents – a Quick Tutorial 157
Basic Math Multiple Choice 159
How to Solve Word Problems 163
Types of Word Problems 166
Algebraic Equations 175
Ratios 177
Cartesian & Coordinate Plane 181
Pythagorean Geometry 186
Scale drawings 188
Quadrilaterals 190
Practice Test Questions Set 1
Answer Key 250
Practice Test Questions Set 2
Answer Key 325
Conclusion
Date Published: Tuesday, June 10th, 2014
Date Modified: Saturday, December 12th, 2020
The CHSPE is administered by the California Department of Education, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this product.