Which practice is most effective for improving Praxis reading comprehension?

• A. Active strategies such as annotating, summarizing, predicting, and self-testing with practice questions.
• B. Rereading the text without taking notes.
• C. Skipping practice questions.
• D. Only reading for vocabulary.

Answer: (A)

Actively engaging with the text yields the best improvement in reading comprehension. When you annotate, summarize, predict, and test yourself with practice questions, you continually interact with the material, monitor your understanding, and build a usable mental model of what you’re reading.

Annotation helps you mark the main ideas, key details, and connections as you go, so you don’t lose track of the argument or the evidence. Summarizing forces you to restate the core points in your own words, which checks that you actually understand what the author is saying. Predicting keeps you involved—by guessing what comes next or what a paragraph will argue, you test your understanding and adjust as needed when the text reveals more. Self-testing with practice questions strengthens your ability to retrieve information and assess what you’ve learned, making you more confident about applying the ideas.

Rereading without notes tends to be passive and often doesn’t lead to deeper understanding or better recall. Skipping practice questions skips valuable opportunities to practice retrieval and verify comprehension. Reading only for vocabulary overlooks the larger structure, main ideas, and inferences the text requires, which are essential for true comprehension.

So, using active strategies—annotating, summarizing, predicting, and self-testing—builds a stronger, more durable grasp of what you read.