ASSESSMENT

COMPUTER PROFICIENCY
Challenge Exam: Keyboarding

GUIDELINES

• Each student must type from a prepared manuscript for a full three minutes.
• Each mistake in the following areas is counted as one error: spelling, typing, punctuation, spacing (leaving no spaces or putting two spaces between words), indentations, capitalizations, inconsistent spacing between sentences (either one or two spaces is acceptable as long as it is consistent).
• Typing double words, word omissions, and word additions are also errors (each word omission and/or word addition counts as one error).

CRITERIA FOR PASSING
25 words per minute with 3 or fewer errors.
33 words per minute with 4 or fewer errors.
42 words per minute with 5 or fewer errors.
50 words per minute with 6 or fewer errors.
58 words per minute with 7 or fewer errors.
66 words per minute with 8 or fewer errors.
75 words per minute with 9 or fewer errors.
84 words per minute with 10 or fewer errors.

SAMPLE TEST LINK
Sample test (PDF)