General Information

Praxis I: Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST)
Indiana and approximately 20 other states require that candidates for certification take the PPST and a Subject Assessment test in each teaching area on their original license. Goshen College teacher education students are expected to take the PPST tests in their sophomore year. Students must submit PPST test scores before they can be admitted to teacher education. Please address questions regarding PPST to the teacher education office at (574) 535-7440. States have different standards for PPST. For Indiana teacher licensing the qualifying scores for the PPST are the following: (Code No. 10710 Reading---176), (Code No. 20720 Writing---172), and (Code No. 10730 Mathematics---175).

Praxis II: Subject Assessment
The Praxis II subject assessment tests are required in Indiana for each teaching area. Subject assessments are usually taken in April or June prior to student teaching. It is the responsibility of each student to register and pay for the correct test(s).

Please note:
Subject Assessments vary from state to state. Indiana qualifying scores tend to be lower than in other states.

No testing is available for TESOL majors at this point.

For information on testing dates and practice tests; go to the Praxis website.