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District of Columbia Praxis Test Requirements

ALL students are required to take the Praxis I exams before admission into a program. Students in the alternative route programs teaching in DC Public Schools must also take the Praxis II Content exams in order to apply for provisional licensure. For information about enrolling in the test, please go to the ETS website.

Before program completion all students must take the appropriate Praxis II Content and Pedagogy exams for their program.

PRAXIS I TESTS - REQUIRED SCORES    
PPST READING    172    CBT READING    319   
PPST WRITING    171    CBT WRITING    316   
PPST MATH    174    CBT MATHEMATICS    319   

PRAXIS II TESTS    
BIOLOGY    Bio: Content Knowl. (0235)    150    Life Science: Pedagogy (0234)    147   
CHEMISTRY    Chemistry Content Knowl (0245)     152    Physical Science: pedagogy (0483)    145   
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION     ELED Content Knowledge (0014)     145     ELED Content Area Exercises (0012)     148    
ENGLISH     Eng Lang, Lit, & Comp: Content Knowl. (0041)     142     Eng Lang, Lit, & Comp: Pedagogy (0043)     150    
ESOL     NO TEST       Eng. To Speakers of Other Languages (0360)     520    
FRENCH    

French: Content Knowl. (0173)

French: Productive Lang skills (0171)

155

173

NO TEST     
MATH    

Math: Content Knowledge (0061)

Math: Proofs, Models, & Probs (0063)    

141

154    Math: Pedagogy (0065)    
135    
SOC.STUDIES     Soc. Stud: Content Knowledge (0081)     145     Soc. Stud: Pedagogy (0084)     169    
SPANISH    

Spanish: Content Knowledge (0191)

Span: Productive Lang. Skills (0192)   

153

166

Spanish: Pedagogy (0194)    
170    
SPECIAL ED    NO TEST      Educ of Exceptional Students: Core Content Knowl. (0353)     146   

NOTE: The cut scores indicated are DC Licensure requirements.

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