Praxis II Subject Assessments

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, in accordance with PI 34 Wisconsin Administrative Code, requires all educators who complete, after August 31, 2004, a professional education program for which a Praxis II Subject Assessment is required, to take the Wisconsin specified test in their licensure area(s) in order to be endorsed by their institution of higher education for a state education license.

(You must register approximately one month prior to the date of the exam.) If you wish to be licensed in your minor, you may need to take additional tests.

Registration Information

It is strongly suggested that you attempt the Praxis II at least one year before you plan to student teach. For detailed information about registering for the exam(s) please refer to Educational Testing Services web site:

ETS Registration homepage

Praxis II test schedule for 2011 - 2012

Registration tips

Paper test registration due dates are typically a minimum of one month before the test is administered. Late registration is very expensive.
UW - River Falls Institution code is 1918 for all Praxis II exams except the Speech Pathology test.
Most Praxis II exams are paper format and offered only seven times per year.
Score reports will be sent to you via e-mail and only can be accessed for 30 days!
Print a copy of your score report for your records
Save a copy of the PDF file somewhere safe

Elementary Education (EC, EC-MC, MC-EA)

Important Issues for Middle Childhood Through Early Adolescence (MC-EA) Regular Education Candidates

Wisconsin Middle Childhood-Early Adolescence (MC-EA) teaching candidates are required as part of their program to complete a state approved minor. Each college/university identifies the minors it offers for this license and which ones are licensable based on its program approval. Candidates with approved licensable minors in mathematics or computer science, language arts areas, social studies areas and science areas are covered by the Praxis II Middle School Content Knowledge test required of all MC-EA program candidates and therefore are not required to take the Praxis II in those specific categories. They will obtain a license to teach regular MC-EA and in their minor at the MC-EA level. Candidates who minor in the following areas who wish to be certified at the MC-EA level in those minors must take the corresponding Praxis II test: foreign language, English as a Second Language, health, or theatre.

Program / License	Test Code	Test Name	Passing Score
Early Childhood Transition to Degree Early Childhood (EC), Regular Education (ages Birth - 8)	0014 5014	Elementary Education Content Knowledge (paper) or Elementary Education Content Knowledge (computer)	147
Elementary Education With an Early Childhood Minor Early Childhood - Middle Childhood (EC-MC), Regular Education (ages Birth -11)	0014 5014	Elementary Education Content Knowledge (paper) or Elementary Education Content Knowledge (computer)	147
Elementary Education all other minors Middle Childhood - Early Adolescence, (MC-EA), Regular Education (ages 6 -13)	0146 5146	Middle School Content Knowledge (paper) or Middle School Content Knowledge (computer) (available November 2011)	146
Middle Childhood - Early Adolescence Minors which require an Additional Praxis II Exam
Elementary Education Major, with French Education Middle Childhood-Early Adolescence, French Education (ages 6-13)	See ACTFL Testing	If completed before 9/1/2011 French Content Knowledge (test 0173)	156
Elementary Education Major, with German Education Middle Childhood-Early Adolescence, German Education (ages 6-13)	See ACTFL Testing	If completed before 9/1/2011 German Content Knowledge (test 00181)	153
Elementary Education Major, with Health Education Middle Childhood-Early Adolescence, Health Education (ages 6-13)	0550	Health Education Content Knowledge	610
Elementary Education Major, with Spanish Education Middle Childhood-Early Adolescence, Spanish Education (ages 6-13)	See ACTFL Testing	If completed before 9/1/2011 Spanish Content Knowledge (test 0191)	158
Elementary Education Major, with TESOL Education* Middle Childhood-Early Adolescence, English as a Second Language (ages 6-13)	0361	English to Speakers of Other Languages	143

* if you completed the TESOL exam prior to 9/1/2010 the test will be honored (English as a Second Language, test 0360, passing score =530)

Secondary Education Early Adolescence - Adolescence (EA-A)

Program	Test Code	Test Name	Passing Score
English Education:English Major/Minor, and Broad Area English Major	0041	English Language, Literature, and Composition: Content Knowledge	160
Science Education Majors / Minors / Concentrations Broad Field Science (general) Major Broad Field Physical Science Major Biology Major/Minor/Concentration Chemistry Major/Minor/Concentration Geology (earth science) Major/Minor/Concentration Physics Major/Minor/Concentration *Concentrations are completed as part of the Broad Field Science Major	0435	General Science: Content Knowledge	154
Mathematics Education Major / Minor	0061	Mathematics: Content Knowledge	135
Broad Field Social Studies Education Major / Minors / Concentrations Broad Field Social Studies (all) Major Economics Minor / Concentration Geography Minor / Concentration History Minor / Concentration Political Science / Concentration Psychology Minor / Concentration Sociology Minor / Concentration * Concentration are completed as part of the Broad Field Social Studies Major	0081	Social Studies: Content Knowledge	153

Secondary Education Early Childhood - Adolescence (EC-A)

Program	Test code	Test Name	Passing Score
Agricultural Education Major	0700	Agriculture	510
Art Education Major¹	0134	Art: Content Knowledge	158
French Education Major² / Minor⁶No Praxis Available See ACTFL Testing	NA	NA	NA
German Education Major³ / Minor⁶No Praxis Available See ACTFL Testing	NA	NA	NA
Health Education Major / Minor⁷	0550	Health Education	610
Health and Human Performance, Physical Education Major	0091	Physical Education: Content Knowledge	150
Music Education Major Instrumental and Choral	0113	Music: Content Knowledge	150
Spanish Education Major⁴ / Minor⁶ 6No Praxis Available See ACTFL Testing	NA	NA	NA
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages⁵ (TESOL) Major / Minor⁶	0361	English to Speakers of Other Languages	143

Students who passed the exam, Art: Content Knowledge, test code 0133, with a score of 155 or higher do not need to retake the new art exam.
Students who passed the exam, French Content Knowledge, test code 0173, with a score of 156 or higher do not need to retake the new ACTFL exam.
Students who passed the exam, German Content Knowledge, test code 0181, with a score of 153 or higher do not need to retake the new ACTFL exam.
Students who passed the exam, Spanish Content Knowledge, test code 0191, with a score of 158 or higher do not need to retake the new ACTFL exam.
Students who passed the exam, English as a Second Language, test code 0360, with a score of 530 or higher do not need to retake the new ESL exam.
Modern Language and TESOL minors are only EC-A licensable with a Modern Language or TESOL major. Modern Language or TESOL minors are EA-A licensable with all other secondary education majors
Health Education is only EC-A licensable with a Physical Education major. Health education is EA-A licensable with all other secondary education majors.

Testing Requirements for French, German, Spanish Education

Beginning September 1, 2011 the state of Wisconsin is changing the testing requirement for World Lanague teacher licensing. Wisconsin will continue to accept passing scores for
Praxis II in French, German, or Spanish that were completed before 9/1/2011 but the exams will not be offered after that date.

The new test will be offered through the American Council for Teachers of Foreign Language (ACTFL) and administered by Language Testing International (LTI). The specific exam are:

The ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI)
The ACTFL Writing Proficiency Test (WPT)

These exams do not use traditional "cut scores" but instead measure a candidates language proficiency based on the following scale:

Superior
Advanced High
Advanced Mid
Advanced Low
Intermediate High <- Wisconsin minimum level of proficiency
Intermediate Mid
Intermediate Low
Novice High
Novice Mid
Novice Low

Please check back for more information regarding registration and test preparation.

Pupil Services

Program	Test code	Test Name	Passing Score
School Guidance Counselor (graduate program)	0420	School Guidance and Counseling	550
School Psychologist (graduate program)	0401	School Psychologist	165

Speech and Language Pathology

Program	Test Code	Test Name	Passing Score
Communicative Disorders (Graduate program)	0330	Speech Language Pathology	600

When registering for this exam please use 0329 for the institution reporting code.

College of Education and Professional Studies

Registration tips

Important Issues for Middle Childhood Through Early Adolescence (MC-EA) Regular Education Candidates

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