Found another useful typing test:

http://www.learn2type.com/typingtest/typingtest.cfm?reset=101507

Have only done a little with it. Like all tests, it has its strong pointns and week points.

One weak point is that it isn’t practical to see what you are typing as you type. The text and where you type are too separate and seeing the full paragraph also makes it hard to lock in on the word you miss.

But, strange as it may sound, that is also a strong point. Wouldn’t have said that months ago, but now that I’m typing much faster, I find myself seeing an error and sometimes reacting to it when I really don’t want to - just an automatic reaction even though sometimes I just want to keep going no matter what to see how I do. Other times I do want to try to correct an error right away, even if I didn’t “feel” myself making a mistake.

IOW, there is a place for both approaches. So this test is better for those times you just want to keep going or only correct errors you “feel”.

It also has a disadvantage in that it only tells you your speed, your errors and adjusted score. Not your accuracy rate, though you can roughly figure that out. I haven’t registered so I don’t know if doing that makes more data available.

But like another typing test I take, you can see your errors with a click. It doesn’t list just the errors. It shows everything you typed compared to the original paragraph, with the errors highlighted.