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A current guide to the 85-minute Praxis Reading 5714 subtest, including 56 selected-response questions, reading passages, statements, visual information, evidence, craft, structure, and language skills.
Praxis Communication and Literacy: Reading 5714 measures academic reading skills needed for educator preparation. Preparation should emphasize passage evidence, domain balance, stimulus variety, and disciplined answer-choice comparison.
Use these ETS structure points to organize Reading 5714 preparation around domains, stimulus types, and evidence-based reasoning.
ETS lists 85 minutes for Communication and Literacy: Reading 5714.
The test includes 56 selected-response questions based on reading passages and statements.
The Study Companion covers Key Ideas and Details, Craft, Structure, and Language Skills, and Integration of Knowledge and Ideas.
ETS uses paired passages, long passages, short passages, brief statements, and visual representations.
Reading 5714 weights Key Ideas and Details at about 35%, Craft, Structure, and Language Skills at about 30%, and Integration of Knowledge and Ideas at about 35%. HiraEdu study plans balance main idea and detail work with author choices, language analysis, evidence integration, and argument evaluation.
ETS describes four stimulus formats: paired passages totaling about 200 words, long passages of about 200 words, short passages of about 100 words, and brief statements. Passages may come from newspapers, magazines, journals, nonfiction, novels, digital articles, charts, diagrams, maps, floor plans, drawings, and graphs.
The reading subtest is designed so questions can be answered from the passage rather than outside knowledge. Prep should train candidates to locate support, compare answer choices, avoid over-inference, and explain why the best answer is better than close distractors.
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Praxis Communication and Literacy: Reading 5714 measures academic reading skills needed for educator preparation. The official ETS Study Companion lists an 85-minute computer-delivered test with 56 selected-response questions based on reading passages and statements. ETS states that no outside content knowledge is required because questions can be answered from the passage information.
HiraEdu prepares candidates around the three ETS reading domains: Key Ideas and Details, Craft, Structure, and Language Skills, and Integration of Knowledge and Ideas. Prep includes paired passages, long passages, short passages, brief statements, print and electronic media, diagrams, charts, drawings, maps, floor plans, graphs, main idea, supporting details, inference, author's purpose, word meaning, argument evaluation, and evidence use.
The official ETS Study Companion lists 85 minutes for Reading 5714.
ETS lists 56 selected-response questions.
The test covers Key Ideas and Details, Craft, Structure, and Language Skills, and Integration of Knowledge and Ideas.
ETS lists paired passages, long passages, short passages, brief statements, and visual representations such as diagrams, charts, drawings, maps, floor plans, or graphs.
No. ETS states that all questions can be answered by using information contained within the passage.
Create a tracker for key ideas and details, craft and structure, language skills, and knowledge integration.
Practice paired passages, long passages, short passages, statements, and visuals so no stimulus format feels unfamiliar.
For every missed question, identify the exact sentence, phrase, or visual feature that supports the correct answer.
Practice 56 selected-response questions under an 85-minute clock and review misses by domain and passage type.
Use the guide to self-serve, or talk to a coordinator if you need help mapping timelines, official requirements, or troubleshooting day-of logistics.
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