Worth 40% of your total National Board score
Scored on a scale of 1.75 to 4.25 points
Selected Response Items (SRI)
Approximately 45 multiple choice questions
Worth 50% of Component 1 score
Testing time: 2 hours
Constructed Response Items (CRI)
3 constructed response exercises
Worth 50% of Component 1 score
Testing time: 1 hour (approximately 20 minutes per exercise)
You must attempt all parts of Component 1 for it to be scored
There is no penalty for guessing on selected response items
Constructed responses are scored holistically based on rubrics
Scores are scaled and weighted before being combined with other component scores