Cognitive Test Anxiety Scale

	A. Not at all typical of me	B. Only somewhat typical of me	C. Quite typical of me	D. Very typical of me
1. I lose sleep over worrying about examinations.
2. While taking an important examination, I find myself wondering whether the other students are doing better than I am.
3. I have less difficulty than the average college student in getting test instructions straight.
4. I tend to freeze up on things like intelligence tests and final exams.
5. I am less nervous about tests than the average college student.
6. During tests, I find myself thinking of the consequences of failing.
7. At the beginning of a test, I am so nervous that I often can’t think straight.
8. The prospect of taking a test in one of my courses would not cause me to worry.
9. I am more calm in test situations than the average college student.
10. I have less difficulty than the average college student in learning assigned chapters in textbooks.
11. My mind goes blank when I am pressured for an answer on a test.
12. During tests, the thought frequently occurs to me that I may not be too bright.
13. I do well in speed tests in which there are time limits.
14. During a course examination, I get so nervous that I forget facts I really know.
15. After taking a test, I feel I could have done better than I actually did.
16. I worry more about doing well on tests than I should.
17. Before taking a test, I feel confident and relaxed.
18. While taking a test, I feel confident and relaxed.
19. During tests, I have the feeling that I am not doing well.
20. When I take a test that is difficult, I feel defeated before I even start.
21. Finding unexpected questions on a test causes me to feel challenged rather than panicky.
22. I am a poor test taker in the sense that my performance on a test does not show how much I  really know about a topic.
23. I am not good at taking tests.
24. When I first get my copy of a test, it takes me a while to calm down to the point where I can begin to think straight.
25. I feel under a lot of pressure to get good grades on tests.
26. I do not perform well on tests.
27. When I take a test, my nervousness causes me to make careless errors.