Praxis Information: Undergraduate Exams

Praxis Core: Academic Skills for Educators Tests (Reading, Writing, and Math)

Not all undergraduate students are required to take Praxis Core exams.

View TEP Admissions to determine if you are required to take Praxis Core exams or not.

Please contact Ryan Mitchell, Academic Advisor for the College of Education, for admissions/Praxis questions.

Praxis II: Content Knowledge Exams, Teaching All Learners

• All Praxis II exams must be passed by December 1st of the fall semester of Residency I
  • Candidates who do not meet this deadline will NOT move on to Residency II the following semester.
• Study companions, study plans, interactive practice tests and registration details can be found on the ETS website>.
• To receive a TN teaching license for Elementary Education (K-5), candidates must pass both the Elementary Education Multiple Subjects (5001) exam and the Teaching Reading: Elementary (5205) exam.
• To receive a TN teaching license in both Special Education Interventionist (K-8) and Special Education Interventionist (6-12), candidates must pass both the Special Education: Core Knowledge and Mild to Moderate Application (5543) and the Teaching Reading Elementary(5205) exams.
• Candidates who pass all three exams will receive a total of three licenses:
  • Elementary Education (Kindergarten-5th grade)
  • Special Education Interventionist (Kindergarten-8th grade)
  • Special Education Interventionist (Grades 6-12)

Elementary Education: Multiple Subjects

• To pass the Elementary Education: Multiple Subjects test, candidates must receive a passing score on each subtest.
• To take all four subtests at the same time, select test code 5001 when registering.
• Subtests can be taken individually using the test codes for each subtest.
  • Taking the subtests individually is more expensive.
• Candidates who choose to take the 5001 but do not pass all four subtests can retake just the subtest(s) they did not pass.

Teaching Reading: Elementary

Special Education: Foundational Knowledge

Praxis II: Content Knowledge Exams, Integrated Early Childhood 

• All Praxis II exams must be passed by December 1st of the fall semester of Residency I
  • Candidates who do not meet this deadline will NOT move on to Residency II the following semester.
• Study companions, study plans, interactive practice tests and registration details can be found on the ETS site>.
• To receive a TN teaching license for Early Childhood Education (PreK-3rd grade), candidates must pass all three Praxis II Content Knowledge exams listed below.

Integrated Early Childhood Exams

Praxis II: Content Knowledge and National Evaluation Series Exams, Integrative Studies - Secondary Math

• All Praxis II exams must be passed by December 1st of the fall semester of Residency I.
  • Candidates who do not meet this deadline will NOT move on to  Residency II the following semester.
• Teacher candidates interested in receiving a TN teaching license for Secondary Mathematics (6-12) must pass EITHER the Praxis II: Mathematics (6-12) Exam OR the NES: Mathematics (6-12) exam.
• Teacher candidates interested in receiving a TN teaching license for Middle and Early Secondary Mathematics (6-10) must pass the NES: Mathematics Middle Grades and Early Secondary Mathematics (6-10) exam.
• Those candidates who pass the Praxis II/NES for grades 6-12 should NOT take the NES Middle/Early Secondary Math (6-10) exam.
• Study companions, study plans, interactive practice tests and registration details for the Praxis II exams can be found on the ETS site>.
• Registration and resources for the NES exams can be found here>.

Integrative Studies: Secondary Math Tests