Barron's How to Prepare for the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) - English Language Arts

California students and teachers will find in-depth preparation in this California Exit Exam English study guide for the statewide English Language Arts Exam.  The California Exit Exam English study guide review chapters cover all exam topics and include a short quiz to test students' command of each chapter's content.

The Study Guide topics are: Word analysis, fluency, and systematic vocabulary development in three progressive sections; reading comprehension; literary response and analysis; written and oral language conventions; writing strategies; and writing applications, the last dealing with different approaches to writing essays for different purposes. A full-length double-session practice exam is presented, complete with answers and a scoring guide to its literary response question.

Barron's How to Prepare for the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) - Mathematics

This brand new California Exit Exam math study guide presents a detailed math review and offers intensive CAHSEE preparation to California students. An introductory chapter explains the exam's structure and presents a diagnostic test with answers. The California Exit Exam math study guide reviews chapters cover probability, statistics, number sense, geometry, evaluating and writing expressions with equations, graphs, solving equations, and logical reasoning. There are two full-length practice tests with solutions to all questions.

The SAT study guide is geared towards preparing students for the SAT.  Included in the SAT are a student essay, an expanded math section, and a critical reading section, which adds brief comprehension passages and eliminates analogies.  Eight practice tests, as well as drills, strategies, and other advice, will help students prepare for this dreaded rite of passage.