PRAXIS
Teaching Reading: Elementary (5205)
1 full-length practice test · 90 selected-response questions · 3 constructed responses · 150 minutes
Full Practice Test
Mixed-response literacy instruction simulation
Practice Test
About This Exam
Teaching Reading: Elementary measures knowledge of evidence-based reading instruction, assessment, and literacy development from foundational skills through comprehension and written expression. The live exam includes both selected-response and constructed-response tasks.
Selected-Response90 questions
Constructed Response3 written tasks
Time Limit150 minutes
FormatComputer delivered
What's Covered
- Foundational literacy skills — phonological awareness, phonics, decoding, fluency, and word recognition.
- Language and comprehension — vocabulary, oral language, literary and informational comprehension, and text analysis.
- Assessment and intervention — running records, screening, progress monitoring, and targeted instructional decision making.
- Written expression — how reading development connects to sentence construction, composition, and revision.