CBEST: California Basic Educational Skills Test

This book helped me get through the test. The overview laid out the test for me which helped my confidence in approaching this high stakes exam, and the analysis of answers on the practice tests really taught me to sharpen my Math skills and avoid the tricks that can be incorporated into multiple choice tests. An invaluable preparation tool.

My math skills were somewhat rusty, but after studying with Barrons CBEST I am confident that it has helped me improve my math score.

These guys really know how to prepare someone for an exam. I appreciate how fun they made it with a few puzzles thrown in.

This new CBEST book is very easy to understand. The samples were exactly like the test when I took it.Also, the reading selections are based on subjects like children's literature and science topics that I will have to know for the CSET Mult. subjects test, so I got some extra mileage for my money.

I was panicking because I had to take the CBEST. I figured the reading and writing sections would be easy enough, but the thought of taking the math section paralyzed me. I was never very good in math and the idea of revisiting fractions and decimals, sans calculator, was terrifying. The Barron's CBEST book helped me pass the CBEST math section with a healthy cushion. The explanations were easy to understand and the games and puzzles were a hoot!. They were corny and silly, yet I could not wait for the next one. They made the very tedious parts of the review a lot of fun.