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PRAXIS
PRAXIS/NTE SCORES
Louisiana Requirements

Students applying for admission to a teacher education program at University of Louisiana Institutions must meet new higher admission standards on the Praxis I PPST exam. Freshman starting in summer '04 or after and alternative certification students starting summer '05 and after must score 2 points higher on reading, writing, and mathematics than the state minimum. The new scores are indicated at the right of the slash (/) mark in the chart below.

Pre-professional Skills Test | Content and Pedagogy Area | Grades 6-12 Certification Areas | All Level K-12 Areas | Special Education Areas | Administrative Areas

SPECIAL EDUCATION AREAS

Area

Content Exam

Score

Pedagogy Requirement

Score

Early Interventionist

Elementary Education: Content Knowledge (0014) Effective 7/1/05

150

Educ. of Exceptional Students: Core Content Knowledge (0353) Effective 6/1/04

143

Educ. of Exceptional Students: Core Content Knowledge (0353) & Early Childhood Education (0020) Effective 7/1/05

143

510

Hearing Impaired

Elementary Education: Content Knowledge (0014) Effective 7/1/05

150

Educ. of Exceptional Students: Core Content Knowledge (0353) &

143

Educ. of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students (0271) Effective 6/1/04 160

Mild to Moderate Disabilities

Effective 6/1/04. All Candidate must pass content area exam appropriate to certification level 1-5, 4-8, 6-12 (e.g., 0014 or core subject-specific exams for middle or secondary grades)

Educ. of Exceptional Students: Core Content Knowledge (0353) &

143

Prior to 6/1/04, a content area exam was required only for exntry into a Mild/Moderate 1-12 Practitioner Teacher Program, Non-Master's Certfication-ONly Alternative Program, and Master's Alternative Program. Educ. of Exceptional Students: Mild Moderate Disabilities (0542) Effective 6/1/04 141

Significant Disabilities

Elementary Education: Content Knowledge (0014) Effective 7/1/05

150

Educ. of Exceptional Students: Core Content Knowledge (0353) &

143

Educ. of Exceptional Students: Severe to Profound Disabilities (0544) Effective 6/1/04 147

Visual Impairments/Blind

Elementary Education: Content Knowledge (0014) Effective 7/1/05

150

Educ. of Exceptional Students: Core Content Knowledge (0353) Effective 6/1/04

143

 

 


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