ASWB Clinical pacing calculator
The exam has 122 items and 4 hours (two 2-hour sections). Here is your time per item and where you should be on the clock.
A study aid, not an official plan. These tools organize your time. They do not predict a score, and they are not official ASWB guidance. Your plan stays in this browser and is never sent to us.
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240 minutes for 122 items is about 1.97 minutes per item.
Your pace
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Checkpoints
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Checkpoints are simple arithmetic on the published item count and time, in steps of 10 items. They are a pacing guide, not an official rule.
What the official document says about timing
After section 1 you may take a scheduled break of up to 10 minutes. The break clock stops the exam clock; time beyond 10 minutes is taken from your exam time.
The testing program lets you move freely through each section. When time ends for a section, or after you submit it, you cannot go back to it.
12 of the 122 items are unscored pretest items, mixed in with the 110 scored items. You cannot tell which are which, so answer every item as if it counts.