The close band · 134–144
This is the band the anxiety lives in — close enough to taste, not scored high enough to trust. Read it exactly: the practice test cannot separate 'ready' from 'not ready' at this distance. That is a statement about the measurement, not about you. This page covers what the band honestly means and the fastest honest way out of it.
At 134–144, a handful of questions either way flips the result. The score report's content flags (the areas it names under your score) are the useful part: they point at the specific topics where those few questions live. Study that is aimed at the flags moves this band; general re-reading mostly does not. The planner assigns a close subject about 24 planning hours, weighted ahead of green subjects and behind any Not Likely subject.
If this were a real-test score, 144 would be one point under the 145 passing line — the search people type is "failed by 1 point", and that page covers the real-test version of this moment, including your state's retake cost. On a practice score, the same closeness is cheaper news: no retake to buy, just a plan to run and a fresh practice test to confirm the move.
A close score does not unlock online testing — only green does. Testing a close subject at a center is legal and common; testing it online is not offered until the practice score turns green inside 60 days. The plan dates your subjects so the green-gated ones are booked inside their window.
Put your four scores in. The free Readiness Planner takes all four subjects at once and returns your order, your weekly hours, your dated calendar and your retake budget. One band on one subject is a signal; the plan is what you do with it.