Educator Certification
SUBJECT AREAS THAT CAN BE ADDED BY COMPLETING DESIGNATED PRAXIS II ASSESSMENT
The State Board of Education has designated the Praxis Assessments listed below
to add areas of certification to an existing professional or life Missouri certificate.
TO ADD AN AREA BY TEST: Submit a written request or an Application for Additional Certificates of License to Teach and a copy of the appropriate test score report. If you took the Praxis Exam in Missouri, you do not need to include a copy of the score report. Please send the required information to Educator Certification, PO Box 480, Jefferson City, MO, 65102.
(Individuals who hold only a Student Services certificate are not eligible to add areas of certification by Praxis)
Only areas with * can be added by test to a valid Missouri Professional or Life Certificate.
ASSESSMENT DESIGNATED FOR CERTIFICATION IN MISSOURI
Missouri Certification
Missouri Certificate |
Test Code |
Designated Assessments |
Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| *Early Childhood Education (Birth - 3) | 0021 | Education of Young Children | 166 |
| *Early Childhood Special Ed. (Birth-3) | 0690 | Special Education: Preschool/Early Childhood | 620 |
| *Elementary Education(1-6) | 0011 | Elementary Education: Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment | 164 |
| Middle School Education (5-9) | |||
| *Language Arts | 0049 | MS English-Lang Arts: Content Knowledge | 163 |
| *Mathematics | 0069 | MS Mathematics: Content Knowledge | 158 |
| *Science | 0439 | MS Science: Content Knowledge | 149 |
| * Social Studies | 0089 | MS Social Studies: Content Knowledge | 154 |
| Other Middle School Endorsements | 0523 | Principles of Learning and Teaching (5-9) | 160 |
| Secondary Education (9-12) (except as noted) | |||
| *Agriculture | 0700 | Agriculture | 520 |
| * Art (K-12, 9-12) | 0133 | Art: Content Knowledge | 153 |
| * Business Education | 0100 | Business Education | 590 |
| *English | 0041 | English Language, Literature and Composition: Content Knowledge | 158 |
| *Family and Consumer Science (Birth-12) | 0121 | Family/Consumer Science | 162 |
| Foreign Language: | |||
| *French ( K-12) | 0173 | French: Content Knowledge | 161 |
| * German ( K-12) | 0181 | German: Content Knowledge | 161 |
| *Spanish (K-12) | 0191 | Spanish: Content Knowledge | 158 |
| *Health (K-12, 9-12) | 0550 | Health Education | 620 |
| *Technology & Engineering (formerly Industrial Technology) | 0050 | Technology Education | 570 |
| *Library Media Specialist (K-12) | 0311 | Library Media Specialist | 160 |
| *Marketing Education | 0561 | Marketing Education | 163 |
| *Mathematics | 0061 | Mathematics: Content Knowledge | 137 |
| *Music (Instrumental, Vocal) (K-12) | 0113 | Music: Content Knowledge | 151 |
| *Physical Education (K-9, K-12, 9-12) | 0091 | Physical Education: Content Knowledge | 153 |
| Science: | |||
| * Biology | 0235 | Biology: Content Knowledge | 150 |
| *Chemistry | 0245 | Chemistry: Content Knowledge | 152 |
| *Earth Science | 0571 | Earth Science: Content Knowledge | 147 |
| * General Science | 0435 | General Science: Content Knowledge | 154 |
| *Physics | 0265 | Physics: Content Knowledge | 141 |
| *Social Science | 0081 | Social Studies: Content Knowledge | 152 |
| Special Education: | |||
| Blind & Partially Sighted (Birth-12)1 | 0280 | Teaching Students with Visual Impairments | 660 |
| Deaf & Hearing Impaired (Birth-12)1 | 0271 | Education of Deaf & Hard of Hearing Students | 161 |
| *Mild-Moderate: Cross Categorical Disabilities (K-12) | 0353 & 0542 |
Education of Exceptional Students: Core | 160 |
| Content Knowledge | |||
| Education of Exceptional Students: Mild to | 172 | ||
| Moderate Disabilities | |||
| Severely Developmentally Disabled (K-12)1 | 0353 & 0544 |
Education of Exceptional Students: Core Knowledge | 160 |
| Education of Exceptional Students: Severe to Profound Disabilities | 153 | ||
| *Speech/Theater | 0220 | Speech Communication | 530 |
| Speech and Language Pathologist (Birth-12)1 | 0330 | Speech-Language Pathology | 600 |
| Unified Science: 2 | |||
| Biology | 0235 | Biology: Content Knowledge | 150 |
| Chemistry | 0245 | Chemistry: Content Knowledge | 152 |
| Earth Science | 0571 | Earth Science: Content Knowledge | 147 |
| Physics | 0265 | Physics: Content Knowledge | 141 |
| K-12 or 9-12 certificate of license to teach for which no specialty area test or content knowledge test is designated. | 0524 | Principles of Learning and Teaching (7-12) | 160 |
| School Counselor (K-8, 7-12)3 | 0420 | School Guidance and Counseling | 590 |
| School Psychologist (K-12) 3 | 0401 | School Psychologist | 157 |
| Principal K-8, 9-123 | 1011 | School Leaders Licensure Assessment (SLLA) | 163 |
| Special Education Administrator3 | 1011 | School Leaders Licensure Assessment (SLLA) | 163 |
| Career Education Director3 | 1011 | School Leaders Licensure Assessment (SLLA) | 163 |
| Superintendent3 | 1020 | School Superintendent Assessment (SSA) | 158 |
*These areas can be added by test to a valid Missouri Professional or Life Certificate.
NOTE: Individuals holding a Missouri professional or life certificate in a secondary content area (Agriculture Education, Business Education, English, Family and Consumer Sciences, Industrial Technology, Mathematics, Science, Social Science, or Speech/Theatre) may add on middle school certification in the same content area by achieving a score of 160 or better on the test entitled Principles of Learning and Teaching 5-9, test code 30523.
For further test information and registration materials, please contact the Educational Testing Service at 1-800-772-9476
or go to www.ets.org.
To request or download an Application for Additional Certificates of License to Teach please call 573-751-0051
or go to www.dese.mo.gov.
Rev. (08/09)