PRAXIS TESTING FOR TENNESSEE LICENSURE Testing for licensure is changing across the country; changes are multiple and are being implemented to a great extent in Tennessee. Movement toward reduction of the number of tests required for the various endorsements is very real. (HOORAY!) Because of the Teacher Performance Assessment (TPA) system now required of undergraduate and graduate/professional students seeking endorsement for early childhood, elementary, secondary education or music education, those students passing the TPA are not required to take a Principles of Teaching and Learning (PLT) exam previously required of all students. (Note: whether or not other states will require that the PLT test be taken is an unanswerable question at this point. If you plan to apply for licensure in other states that use PRAXIS testing, you might consider taking the PLT even though Tennessee doesn’t require it after you’ve passed the TPA.) Those who are already licensed teachers in Tennessee and are adding a new endorsement to their Tennessee license are exempted from the PLT as well. Those teachers must take only the specified content-specific tests for their added endorsement. ETS no longer provides paper score reports to mail to test takers. Instead, ETS will notify you by email when your score(s) are available online. You have 45 days during which you can access your electronic score report; after 45 days, you can no longer access your scores unless you pay the $45 fee ETS charges from that point on. SUGGESTION: save your score report on your computer as a PDF file as soon as you first see it online, and make 3 or 4 color copies of your score report to store in your Professional Documents file so you can give a report to school systems/schools that may require them and will accept them directly from you. Register online at www.ets.org/praxis. Remember, this is PRAXIS II testing (NOT PRAXIS I). Tennessee automatically exempts you from PRAXIS I (basic skills testing) if you are an undergraduate and your SAT was 1020 or ACT was 22 or higher. If you will have a master’s degree when you apply for initial licensure, you will be exempt from PRAXIS I testing in Tennessee. Other states may NOT have a similar exemption policy for PRAXIS I testing, however, so if you’ll be seeking licensure in a state other then Tennessee, research that state’s requirement for basic skills testing. More and more states are exempting licensed teachers coming into their state from taking basic skills (i.e., PRAXIS I) testing, but sometimes this policy is not advertised sufficiently. Delve deeper into testing requirements if there is any question about a state’s basic skills testing requirements/exemptions. HAVE SCORES SENT TO: (“Score Recipients”) 1. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (CODE 1871) 2. TN DEPT OF EDUC (CODE 8190) IF YOU TAKE ONE OR MORE OF THE TESTS IN A STATE OTHER THAN TENNESSEE. TIPS FOR PRAXIS II REGISTRATION www.ets.org/praxis 1. Register early in the academic year you plan to take the tests. Decide which kind of testing you want to do (traditional testing on paper on national test dates or via computer-based testing via a Prometric Testing Center anywhere in the country. Registering early for the year might be an advantage for finding a seat on the date you want to take the test, and for applying for financial aid from ETS. It normally takes about 30 days to get reports on tests that have essay sections, so if you’re graduating in May, try to have all testing done by mid-March so there is no delay in becoming eligible for licensure recommendation as soon as you graduate. You may graduate without having PRAXIS II testing completed, but you may not be recommended for Tennessee licensure until the test scores have been received at Vanderbilt. (ETS will charge the $50 registration fee only one time in an academic year--even if you use more than one test date during that year. Also, for application to ETS for financial aid it is particularly important to register early (before the financial aid allotment for that test date is given away by ETS). 2. Be SURE to have a score report sent to Vanderbilt (code 1871). If you take any one of the tests outside the state of Tennessee, you must also have a score report sent to the TN DOE (code 8190). (If you take the tests within the State of TN, scores automatically will be sent to the TN DOE, so you don’t have to have them sent.) BE SURE THAT YOUR REGISTRATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (print from the ETS website after you’ve registered) INDICATES THAT SCORES WILL BE COMING TO VANDERBILT. BE SURE TO PRINT AND KEEP A COPY OF YOUR REGISTRATION RECEIPT/ADMISSION TICKET WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED ONLINE REGISTRATION. 3. If you experience any difficulties at the test site when you take the test, be sure to lodge a formal complaint (in writing) with the test administrator before you leave the testing room. 4. BE SURE TO PROVIDE YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER WHEN YOU REGISTER. YOU CAN TRUST THAT IT WILL BE HANDLED CONFIDENTIALLY. NOT GIVING YOUR SS# CAN CAUSE A SERIES OF PROBLEMS WITH STATE DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATION AND ISSUANCE OF THE LICENSE. Vanderbilt students, collectively for the past many years, pass the PRAXIS II exams at a 99-100% pass rate (according to the schedule dictated by state and federal regulations). Recommendation: Prepare for tests by at least by reviewing the “Tests At a Glance” information on the ETS website for the tests you need. This information includes an overview of the schedule for each test (i.e., what percentage is multiple choice vs. free response, etc.) and provides sample questions and responses, etc. There are also more substantial preparation manuals for many of the tests available for purchase from ETS (information is available on the ets.org/praxis website) and some publications in bookstores (i.e., VU Rand Bookstore, Davis-Kidd Booksellers, chain stores). To get to “Tests at a Glance,” on the front page of the ETS/PRAXIS website, go to State Requirements, use the pull down list and click on Tennessee. Then find the title of the test you’re seeking and click on it. The “Test at a Glance” (TAAG) information will appear. You may take the tests in any state(s), but if you don’t take the tests in Tennessee, it is IMPERATIVE that you have score reports sent by ETS to both Vanderbilt (code 1871) and Tennessee code 8190. These codes are referred to by ETS as “Score Recipient Codes.” See the information below regarding which tests are required, as of 9/1/2014, for which endorsements for Tennessee licensure. Note that some tests have been replaced by new tests; when registering for tests, be sure to use the test codes and titles below. Disregard PRAXIS information provided previously to avoid taking tests that are no longer accepted for Tennessee licensure. Also remember exemptions from the PLT for those passing the TPA in the Department of Teaching and Learning. Note: To add more endorsements to your license by PRAXIS testing: Once you become licensed in Tennessee and your license shows at least one endorsement that includes a grade level past the sixth grade, you become eligible to add any other teaching endorsement that includes a grade past sixth grade by merely passing the appropriate PRAXIS exam(s) for that additional teaching endorsement. No coursework or practice is required for the added endorsement. (This rule does not apply to adding non-teaching endorsements such as school counseling, reading specialist, speech pathologist, etc.) To view additional endorsement areas for which this rule applies, see the full listing of Tennessee endorsements and their tests on the ETS website (see Tennessee Testing Requirements) or go to the Tennessee Office of Teacher Licensing website (http://state.tn.us/education/lic/). You may take PRAXIS tests to take advantage of this Tennessee rule at any time; however, you can only request the “added endorsement by PRAXIS” AFTER your Tennessee license has been issued. To determine when your license has been issued after Peabody has recommended you for the license, go to https://www.k-12.state.tn.us/tcertinf/EducatorSearch.asp. TESTS REQUIRED FOR TENNESSEE LICENSURE-Programs offered by Vanderbilt University (Effective August 1, 2014) Every Initial License Applicant is required to take one of the PLT Exams (unless they are exempted by passing the TPA at their institution or they are applying for a non-teaching license such as school counseling) Praxis Test Code/Title * Passing Score 5621 Principles of Learning and Teaching (PLT) Early Childhood OR 5622 Principles of Learning and Teaching (PLT) K-6 OR 5623 Principles of Learning and Teaching (PLT) 5-9 OR 5624 Principles of Learning and Teaching (PLT) 7-12 # 155 # 158 # 158 # 155 SPECIALTY AREA TESTS Endorsement Area *** *** 415 416 467 Biology 7-12 Chemistry 7-12 Early Childhood Education PreK-3 *** 418 424 499 Earth Science 7-12 Economics 7-12 Elementary Education K-6 Test Code 5235 5245 5024 5018 5203 5571 5911 5017 5203 5018 # # # # # # # # English 7-12 English as a 2nd Language PreK-12 Government 7-12 History 7-12 Mathematics 7-12 Music (Vocal/Gen.) K-12, or Music (Instrumental/Gen) K-12 Physics 7-12 Psychology 9-12 Reading Specialist PreK-12 School Counselor PreK-12 5038 5361 5931 5941 5161 5114 # 5265 5391 5301 5421 # * 407 490 423 421 413 428 429 417 426 486 487 **** 425 461 Sociology 9-12 SPED-Comprehensive K-12 5952 5545 **** 459 SPED-Preschool ECE PreK-3 **** 460 SPED- Modified K-12 * 498 462 SPED-Spch/ Lang Pathologist PreK-12 SPED-Vision PreK-12 *** ** **** # # # # # # 5203 5354 5691 5203 5543 # # 5203 5331 5354 5282 5203 # # # # # # Test Title Passing Score Biology: Content Knowledge Chemistry: Content Knowledge Education of Young Children Elementary Education: Content Knowledge Teaching Reading: Elementary Education Earth & Space Science: Cont. Knowledge Economics Elementary Educ.: Curr, Instruc, & Assess Teaching Reading: Elementary Education Elementary Education: Content Knowledge 148 152 160 163 162 146 150 153 162 163 English Language Arts.: Content Knowledge English to Speakers of Other Languages Government/Political Science World and U.S. History: Content Knowledge Mathematics: Content Knowledge Music: Content and Instruction 167 143 149 136 160 162 Physics: Content Knowledge Psychology Reading Specialist Professional School Counselor 144 154 164 156 Sociology Spec. Educ.: Core Knowledge & Severe to Profound Applications Teaching Reading: Elementary Education Spec. Educ.: Core Knowledge & Applications Spec. Educ.: Preschool/Early Childhood Teaching Reading: Elementary Education Spec. Educ.: Core Knowledge & Mild to Moderate Applications Teaching Reading: Elementary Education Speech/Language Pathology Spec. Educ.: Core Knowledge & Applications Spec. Educ.: Teaching Stu w/ Visual Impair. Teaching Reading: Elementary Education 154 153 162 145 159 162 153 162 162 145 163 162 NOTE: Secondary Academic Content Endorsements (7-12) and 9-12 require only the subject-specific Content Knowledge Exams. (Note: the PLT is NOT required for students who pass the TPA in Peabody’s Department of Teaching and Learning.) Footnotes to previous listings: * Note: Candidates seeking licensure in early childhood education PreK-3 or preschool/early childhood special education PreK-3, are encouraged to take the Principles of Learning and Teaching (PLT) Early Childhood or PLT K-6. Candidates seeking licensure in elementary education K-6 are encouraged to take PLT K-6. Candidates seeking licensure in middle grades 4-8 are encouraged to take PLT 5-9. Candidates seeking licensure in secondary education areas are encouraged to take PLT 7-12. Candidates seeking licensure in K-12, or PreK-12 areas may choose from PLT Early Childhood, PLT K-6, PLT 5-9, or PLT 7-12. Candidates for licensure as School Counselor, School Psychologist, and Speech/Language Pathologist are required to take only the content knowledge exam for the endorsement (no PLT is required for these endorsements). ** Note: Candidates for the Reading Specialist endorsement must hold a valid Tennessee Teacher License and have 3 years successful teaching experience. *** Note: Candidates who already hold a license in science seeking an additional endorsement in biology, chemistry, earth science, or physics will be required to take only the content knowledge exam for endorsement in the additional science area. **** Note: Special Education: Core Knowledge and Applications is required for the following special education area: hearing, vision, and preschool/early childhood. Teaching Reading: Elementary Education, is required for the following special education areas: modified program, comprehensive program, hearing, vision and preschool/early childhood. Tennessee Computer-delivered Praxis Test Centers Chattanooga - 1010 Prometric Testing Center 4295 Cromwell Road Jersey Pointe Business Park Suite 309 United States Of America 37421 4238946249 Clarksville - 1011 Prometric Testing Center 220 Forbes Ave Suite A United States Of America 37040 9316472003 Jackson - 7527 University of Memphis at Lambuth Hyde Hall - Room 314 United States Of America 38301 7314251910 Johnson City - 7523 East Tennessee State University Testing Services 1st Floor Sherrod Library United States Of America 37614 4234396708 Knoxville - 1001 Prometric Testing Center 215 Center Park Drive Suite 700 United States Of America 37922 8656902677 Martin - 7721 University of Tennessee - Martin 214 Clement Hall 554 University Street United States Of America 38238 7318817727 McKenzie - STN14367A Bethel University (No GRE) 101 Wildcat Lane Suite G117 Vera Low Center for Student Enrichment (VLOW) United State of America 38201 7313526921 Memphis - 5479 Prometric Testing Center 8176 Old Dexter Rd Suite 101 United States Of America 38016 9017561425 Memphis - 7707 University of Memphis 3669 Alumni Drive Brister Hall 111C United States Of America 38152 9016781457 Murfreesboro - STN10850A Middle Tennessee State University (No GRE) 1524 Military Memorial Keathley University Center, Room 327 United States of America 37132 www.mtsu.edu 6158982863 Nashville - 1018 Prometric Testing Center 1410 Donelson Pike Suite A-11 United States Of America 37217 6153994171 Nashville - 7741 Tennessee State University Avon Williams Campus 330 10th Ave North Room 220 United States Of America 37203 6159637386 Nashville - 1015 Prometric Testing Center 1410 Donelson Pike Suite A-11 United States Of America 37217 6153994171
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