ATI TEAS Reading Practice Test Guide
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ATI TEAS Reading Section at a Glance
The official ATI TEAS Reading section has 45 total questions and 55 minutes. Of those questions, 39 are scored and 6 are unscored pretest questions, but you will not know which ones are unscored while testing.
Reading section detail | Verified ATI value |
Total questions | 45 |
Scored questions | 39 |
Unscored questions | 6 |
Time limit | 55 minutes |
Average time per question | About 1 minute and 13 seconds |
Scored Reading content area | Scored questions |
Key Ideas and Details | 15 |
Craft and Structure | 9 |
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas | 15 |
Key Ideas and Details and Integration of Knowledge and Ideas carry the largest scored allocations, so your practice should go beyond basic passage comprehension. You need steady work with evidence, summaries, inferences, source comparison, and visual information when it appears. Craft and Structure has fewer scored questions, but do not ignore it. Word meaning, author purpose, and text organization can change the answer quickly.