MEGA 049 Elementary Education - 7 weeks out, averaging 68%, what resources actually worked?
I'm taking the MEGA 049 Elementary Education certification in Missouri and I'm 7 weeks from my test date. I graduated with an education degree 3 years ago and spent one year substituting, but the content knowledge sections are making me nervous - particularly math and science, which I haven't actively used since undergrad.
The exam has 150 multiple choice questions and one written performance assignment, with a passing scaled score of 220. I've been averaging around 68% on practice sets. Mathematical reasoning is sitting at 58% while reading and language arts are around 76%, so there's a real imbalance I need to address.
I'm doing about 2 hours on weekdays and 4 hours on weekends. I'm not sure whether to grind harder on math since it's my lowest area or also invest time in science at 65% to build a solid floor across all sections. Both feel like they need work but I can't do everything at once with 7 weeks left.
What study resources did people find useful for MEGA 049 specifically? I've looked at the official study guide but heard mixed things about whether it covers what actually shows up on the real exam.
I used 240 Tutoring for MEGA and found it very accurate for both math and science content. Studied about 6 weeks at 90 minutes a day and passed with a 241 on my first attempt - their practice questions matched the real exam style better than anything else I tried.
The written performance assignment is more manageable than it looks but you have to practice structuring it before test day. Spend at least two or three sessions on just that section so you're not figuring out format under time pressure during the real exam.
For math at 58%, go deep there rather than spreading effort evenly. Elementary education math on these exams covers fraction operations, basic algebra, and geometry concepts - stuff you know but probably haven't actively used in a couple of years.
The official practice test from the MEGA site is worth buying even though it's not cheap. The question style is close enough to the real thing that it calibrated my expectations better than any third-party material I found.