MEGA Program Update: Test Design Changes

The Middle School Education: Mathematics, Middle School Education: Science, Middle School Education: Social Science, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, and Biology tests are undergoing structural changes effective September 28, 2015. The changes involve a small reduction in the number of multiple-choice questions on each test and the addition of 15 minutes of testing time.

The restructured tests will be administered effective September 28, 2015.

Please see the tables below for detailed information regarding these changes.

Test Design Changes

TEST CURRENT FUTURE
(beginning September 28, 2015)
Biology 2 hours
100 multiple-choice questions		 2 hours and 15 min.
80 multiple-choice questions
Chemistry 2 hours and 15 min.
100 multiple-choice questions		 2 hours and 30 min.
80 multiple-choice questions
Mathematics 2 hours and 15 min.
100 multiple-choice questions		 2 hours and 30 min.
80 multiple-choice questions
Middle School Education: Mathematics 2 hours and 15 min.
100 multiple-choice questions		 2 hours and 30 min.
80 multiple-choice questions
Middle School Education: Science 2 hours
100 multiple-choice questions		 2 hours and 15 min.
80 multiple-choice questions
Middle School Education: Social Science 2 hours
100 multiple-choice questions		 2 hours and 15 min.
80 multiple-choice questions
Physics 2 hours and 15 min.
100 multiple-choice questions		 2 hours and 30 min.
80 multiple-choice questions

Want the new test design?

  • Schedule a test appointment on or after September 28, 2015.
  • Current test design continues through September 27, 2015.

Already registered but not scheduled?

If you schedule a test appointment for a date before September 28, 2015, you will get the current test design. If you schedule a test appointment for a date on or after September 28, 2015, you will get the new test design.

Candidates who have already registered and have scheduled a test appointment prior to September 28 may:

  • Keep their current appointment and take the test with the current design

    • OR

  • Get the new test design by cancelling their current test appointment and rescheduling it for a date on or after September 28

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