For instructors
Free CBEST Practice for Your Class
170 CBEST practice questions with explanations, set as class practice in a minute. You see every student's progress and what the class keeps missing.
Create a free CBEST classOr see the CBEST practice test first.
How a class works
Step 1
Make the class
Sign in, pick CBEST and name the class. It takes under a minute.
Step 2
Post one link
Put the class link in your LMS, a slide or a group chat. Students join with just the name you know them by.
Step 3
See what to reteach
Open the class page for scores, who practiced, and the topics and questions the class misses most.
What your students practice
The CBEST (California Basic Educational Skills Test) is one way to meet California's basic skills requirement for teaching and substitute credentials. It is owned by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing and given by Pearson as three separately registered sections, all in English. Reading is 50 multiple-choice questions in 1 hour 30 minutes, about 40 percent critical analysis and evaluation and 60 percent comprehension and research skills. Mathematics is 50 multiple-choice questions in 2 hours with no calculator: estimation, measurement and statistics about 30 percent, computation and problem solving about 35 percent, and numerical and graphic relationships about 35 percent. Writing is two essays in 1 hour 30 minutes. Each section is scored 20 to 80; you pass with 41 on each section, or with a total of 123 if no section is below 37.
Tigertest's practice follows the CBEST Test Specifications for Reading and Mathematics (California Commission on Teacher Credentialing). Students train in short sets where missed questions come back until they are mastered, then take full practice tests.
- Critical Analysis and Evaluation
- Comprehension and Context
- Research and Reference Skills
- Estimation, Measurement and Statistics
- Computation and Problem Solving
- Numerical and Graphic Relationships
Questions teachers ask
Is the CBEST class free?
Yes. Classes are free for teachers. A student in your class also gets that test's full stats and every step of it at no charge.
Do my students need accounts?
No. A student opens your class link, types the name you know them by and starts practicing. An account is optional and keeps their progress across devices.
What do I see as the teacher?
Who practiced and when, each student's practice test scores, the CBEST topics the class is weakest on, and every question the class answered with how many missed it and which wrong answer they picked.
Can I use my own questions too?
Yes. Any account can turn its own material into a Tigertest quiz and limit it to one class, so only your students can play it.