Required Passing Scores For Initial Teacher Licensure In Virginia
| To
Register for the PRAXIS Series Online Registration booklets are available in the Education Department. |
To
prepare for PRAXIS I using PLATO Must contact before using PLATO. |
PRAXIS I:*
| Examination | Minimum Passing Score |
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 (taken after 4/1/95) |
|
Total Score |
1100 |
Verbal |
at least 530 |
Mathematics |
at least 530 |
ACT Qualifying Scores for Praxis I (taken after 4/1/95) |
|
Composite Score |
24 |
English Plus Reading |
46 |
Mathematics |
22 |
If you took the SAT or ACT prior to April 1, 1995, please see the education office for qualifying scores.
Virginia Communication and Literacy Assessment (VCLA): All licensure areas |
|
| 470 | |
Virginia Reading Assessment (VRA): |
|
| 235 |
PRAXIS II:
| Specialty Area Examinations | (Test Codes) |
Minimum Passing Score |
| Art: Content Knowledge | (10133) |
159 |
| Biology: Content Knowledge | (20235) |
155 |
| Chemistry: Content Knowledge | (20245) |
153 |
| Elementary Education: Content Knowledge (PreK-3 & PreK-6) | (10014) |
143 |
| English Language, Literature & Composition: Content Knowledge | (10041) |
172 |
| French: Content Knowledge | (20173) |
169 |
| German: Content Knowledge | (20181) |
162 |
| Health & Physical Education: Content Knowledge | (20856) |
151 |
| Mathematics: Content Knowledge | (10061) |
147 |
| Music: Content Knowledge | (10113) |
160 |
| Physics: Content Knowledge | (10265) |
147 |
| Social Studies: Content Knowledge | (10081) |
161 |
| Spanish: Content Knowledge | (10191) |
161 |
| Special Education is recommended to take: | ++ |
|
| Education of Exceptional Students: Core Content Knowledge | (20353) |
|
++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!
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