Required Passing Scores For Initial Teacher Licensure In Virginia
Register for the PRAXIS Series Online (Registration booklets are available in the education department.)
To prepare for Praxis exams please contact .
The basic skills assessment required for Virginia Licensure can be met in one of the following four ways:
| Examination | Minimum Passing Score |
| PRAXIS I: (minimum composite score must be met) | |
| Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST) or Computerized PPST: Reading | 178 |
| Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST) or Computerized PPST: Writing | 176 |
| Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST) or Computerized PPST: Math | 178 |
| or a Composite Score of | 532 |
| SAT Qualifying Scores for Praxis I* (ALL minimum passing scores must be met) | |
| Total Score | 1100 |
| Verbal (after March 2005 – same as Critical Reading portion) | at least 530 |
| Mathematics | at least 530 |
| ACT Qualifying Scores for Praxis I* (ALL minimum passing scores must be met) | |
| Composite Score | 24 |
| English Plus Reading | 46 |
| Mathematics | 22 |
| Praxis I Math and VCLA (ALL minimum passing scores must be met) | |
| Praxis I PPST or Computerized PPST: Math | 178 |
| Virginia Communication and Literacy Assessment (VCLA) | 470 |
*If you took the SAT or ACT prior to April 1, 1995, please see the education office for qualifying scores.
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| Virginia Communication and Literacy Assessment (VCLA): All licensure areas Register Online |
470 |
| Reading for Virginia Educators (RVE) PreK-3, PreK-6, SPED Register Online (computer based test code – 5306) |
157 |
PRAXIS II:
| Specialty Area Examinations | (Test Codes) | Minimum Passing Score |
| Art: Content Knowledge | (0133) | 159 |
| Biology: Content Knowledge | (0235) | 155 |
| Chemistry: Content Knowledge | (0245) | 153 |
| Elementary Education: Content Knowledge (PreK-3 & PreK-6) | (paper test – 0014 OR computer test – 5014) |
143 |
| English Language, Literature & Composition: Content Knowledge | (0041) | 172 |
| Health & Physical Education: Content Knowledge | (0856) | 151 |
| Mathematics: Content Knowledge | (0061) | 147 |
| Music: Content Knowledge | (0113) | 160 |
| Social Studies: Content Knowledge | (0081) | 161 |
| Spanish: World Language | (5195) | 168 |
| Special Education is recommended to take: | ++ | |
| Education of Exceptional Students: Core Content Knowledge | (0353) |
There is no Praxis II test required for Computer Science, English as a Second Language, or Theater Arts
++Effective September 1999, Special Education tests will not be required by the state of Virginia but are still EMU exit requirements.
EMU’s Praxis institutional"Score Recipient"number is – R5181
Tests must be coded with this number for EMU to receive scores!