College of Education: Test Information

   In order to be licensed in Oregon every candidate must pass a basic skills test and subject area test. Those tests satisfying the basic skills requirement are the California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST), the Praxis I Pre-Professional Skills Assessment (PPST), and the WEST-B. If you have not yet taken and passed one of the basic skills tests, you should make arrangements to do so as soon as possible. A passing score on the CBEST, PPST, or WEST-B is a requirement for admission to all College of Education programs except the Advanced Program and MAE programs.

   The subject area test requirement varies according to authorization level. For those students with Early Childhood Education and Elementary Education authorizations, the appropriate subject area test is the ORELA. Those with a Middle School Education authorization must take the ORELA and have a college major appropriate for a middle school subject area. Please note that while students with a Middle School Education autorization are not required to pass PRAXIS subject tests for licensure, they will not be considered 'Highly Qualified' without having passed the appropriate PRAXIS subject area test(s). Those with a High School authorization must pass the PRAXIS test(s) required by Oregon for the endorsement area. If you expect to qualify for both a middle school and high school authorization, you must take and pass both the ORELA and the appropriate PRAXIS subject test(s).

   You must have taken all tests and have the score reports available before you will be allowed to begin full-time student teaching. That means you must take all tests in a timely manner. The registration deadline is about one month before the test date, and the score report arrives about 6 weeks after taking the test. Test score reports must be on file before the full-time student teaching semester.

Test Websites

Required Tests and Passing Scores

Test # Praxis I: Pre-Professional Skills Assessment (PPST) Passing Score
10730 PPST: Mathematics
175
10710 PPST: Reading
174
20720 PPST: Writing
171
  California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST)
 
  CBEST: A combined score of 123 is passing. An acceptable score in each of the three content areas (reading, language and mathematics) is a scaled score of 41. A total score (the sum of reading, mathematics, and writing scaled scores) of 123 is required for passing status. The lowest possible score for passing a content area of the CBEST is 37 providing that the passing total score of 123 is achieved.
 
  ORELA Passing Score
  Subtest I
240
  Subtest II
240
Test # Praxis II: Subject Area Tests Passing Score
  Art
10133 Art: Content Knowledge
156
20132 Art: Content, Traditions, Criticism, & Aesthetics
145
  Biology
20231 Biology: Content Knowledge, Part 1
155
20232 Biology: Content Knowledge, Part 2
148
  Business
10100 Business Education
600
  Chemistry
 
20241 Chemistry: Content Knowledge
136
  Chemistry/Physics
10070 Chemistry/Pysics
540
  French
20173 French: Content Knowledge
146
10171 French: Productive Language Skills
160
  German
20181 German: Content Knowledge
156
30182 German: Productive Language Skills
160
  Health
20550 Health Education
690
  Integrated Science
10431 General Science: Content Knowledge, Part 1
145
10432 General Science: Content Knowledge, Part 2
143
  Middle School Language Arts
10049 Middle School English Language Arts
159
  Language Arts
10041 English Lang., Lit., & Comp.: Content Knowledge
159
30433 English Lang., Lit., & Comp.: Essays
145
  Middle School Mathematics
20069 Middle School Mathematics
156
  Mathematics, Advanced
10061 Mathematics: Content Knowledge
138
20063 Mathematics: Proofs, Models, & Prob., Part 1
144
  Music
20112 Music: Analysis
167
10113 Music: Content Knowledge
162
  Physical Education
10091 Pysical Education: Content Knowledge
156
30092 Physical Education: Movement Forms - Analysis & Design
141
20093 Physical Education: Movement Forms - Video Evaluation
145
  Physics
10261 Physics: Content Knowledge
139
  Reading
10300 Reading
610
  Middle School Science
10439 Middle School Science (calculators prohibited)
148
  Middle School Social Studies
20089 Middle School Social Studies
146
  Social Studies
10081 Social Studies: Content Knowledge
153
20085 Social Studies: Interpretation and Analysis
155
  Spanish
10191 Spanish: Content Knowledge
161
20192 Spanish: Productive Language Skills
160