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Minnesota NES Essential Academic Skills (EAS)

Overview

The resources below provide information about this test. The complete set of the competencies and descriptive statements that define the content of the test—the test framework—is provided here.

Select any of the subtests presented in the subtest content chart to view:

the test competencies associated with each subtest,
a set of descriptive statements that further define each test competency.

Table outlining test structure.
Column one contains the structural headings, other columns are details for each subtest.
	Reading	Writing	Mathematics
Subtest Format	Multiple-choice questions	Multiple-choice questions and constructed-response assignments	Multiple-choice questions
Number of Questions	Approximately 45	Approximately 36 multiple-choice questions, 1 written assignment	Approximately 45
Subtest Duration	Up to 1 hour and 15 minutes	Up to 1 hour and 30 minutes	Up to 1 hour and 15 minutes
Reference Materials Available During This Subtest	None required	None required	None required

Sample Items

Sample items are available for each subtest. To view sample items, select a subtest from the list below.

Subtest Content

table outlining test content and subject weighting by subtest and competency
Subtest	Range of Competencies
Reading	0001–0005
Writing	0001–0004
Mathematics	0001–0005