One of the most important factors to keep in mind when taking the CAHSEE is knowing how to properly manage your time. You do not get extra credit for finishing the exam first. Likewise, you can significantly hurt your score by not finishing on time. Finding a balance between these two scenarios is crucial.
Take Your Time
There are no bonus points for speed. Rushing through the test will typically only lead to simple mistakes being made, questions being misunderstood, and wrong answers being given. Instead, take your time and make sure you are reading all of the questions, as well as the instructions in each section, completely and accurately. If you don't understand something you read, take a few moments to reread the passage in question again.
Don't Dwell Too Long
If you get stuck on a particular question, place a mark by it and go back to it later. You are better off having time to answer ten easy questions than you would be dwelling on one difficult question and running out of time without being able to finish the test. Once you have completed all of the other questions, if time allows, you can go back and review the questions you did skip over. Since you have the majority of the test questions answered already, you can afford to spend time working on the few difficult questions remaining.
Use Your Remaining Time Wisely
If you do complete the test with time remaining, use the time to review your answers. Make sure that any written passages are neat and legible and that your punctuation is correct. Double check your math, where possible, to ensure your calculations are correct. Also, check to make sure you haven't missed any questions that you may have passed over earlier. If it comes down to it and you still can't determine the answer to a question, then just take your best guess. If you can eliminate one or two answers that are definitely not the correct ones, you can increase your odds of being able to guess the correct answer.
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