June 2006
New and Improved Praxis™ Tests Make Their Debut
The Praxis™ program has introduced a new Early Childhood: Content Knowledge test and has reviewed and updated a number of other tests for the 2006-07 testing year. Listed below are the updated tests, as well as tests scheduled to be discontinued.
New Test:
- Early Childhood: Content Knowledge (0022)
Updated:
September 2006
- School Guidance and Counseling (0420)
September 2007
- Foreign Languages (0171, 0173, 0181, 0182, 0191, 0192)
- PPST Reading, Math, Writing (0710/05710, 0720/05720, 0730/05730)
- Family & Consumer Science (0120)
- Elementary Education (0011, 0012, 0014)
- English Language, Literature & Composition (0041, 0042, 0043)
- Middle School English Language Arts (0049)
Discontinued Tests:
August 31, 2006
- Elementary Education: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment (0016)
August 31, 2007
- Special Education: Knowledge-Based Core Principles (0351)
- World and U.S. History (0940)
- Biology: CK, Part 1 (0231)
- Biology: CK, Part 2 (0232)
- General Science: CK, Part 2 (0432)
- Chemistry: CK (0241)
- Physics (0260)
- Physics: CK (0261)
- Early Childhood Ed (0020)
- Pre-Kindergarten Ed (0530)
- Introduction to the Teaching of Reading (0200)
National Advisory Committees (NAC)
- Special Education Series of Assessments
- Business Ed (0100)
- Marketing Ed (0560)
- Speech Communication (0220)
- Agriculture (OR) (0900)
- School Psychologist (0400)
Please send nominations of teachers or faculty from your state to serve on NACs to Debbie McKee at DMCKEE@ets.org