Alaska Test Requirements

Find your certification area below to determine which test(s) you need to take. For test prep materials, click the test title. Once you know which tests you should take, schedule your test.

Unless it’s specifically stated that a calculator is permitted or required for a particular test, you can’t use a calculator on any Praxis tests (see Calculator Use).

Visit Alaska Teacher Certification for more information about educator certification requirements in Alaska.

Score reporting

If you test in Alaska at a test center or at home, and your Praxis profile address is in Alaska, your score report will be sent automatically to the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development.
If you test outside Alaska or your Praxis profile address is not in Alaska, your scores are NOT automatically sent to the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development. To have your scores sent to the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development, you must select the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (state code 7027) as a score recipient when you register. For all methods of Praxis testing, to request additional score reports you must select the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (state code 7027) with each additional score report request.

Tests required for all licensure areas

Beginning teachers in all content areas must pass all three Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators (Core) tests or other approved basic competency examination.

Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators (Core)

To Be Certified in	You Need to Take	Test Code	Qualifying Score
Adult Basic Education	Core Academic Skills for Educators: Reading	5713	156
	and
	Core Academic Skills for Educators: Writing	5723	162
	and
	Core Academic Skills for Educators: Mathematics (On-screen four-function calculator provided)	5733	150
	Candidates must pass all three Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators (Core) exams. If you wish to take all three Core exams (5713, 5723, 5733) at the same time, select Core Academic Skills for Educators: Combined Test (5752) when registering. Scores will be reported by individual test (5713, 5723, 5733).

Tests required for specific licensure areas

To Be Certified in	You Need to Take	Test Code	Qualifying Score
Early Childhood Education Birth–Age 5	Early Childhood Education	5025	156
	or
	Early Childhood Assessment	5026	¹
	Mathematics and Science Subtest	5028	160
	Reading and Language Arts & Social Studies Subtest	5027	161
	1 To pass the Early Childhood Assessment test you must receive a passing score on each subtest. If you wish to take both subtests (5027, 5028) at the same time, select Early Childhood Assessment (5026) when registering. If you wish to take or retake an individual subtest, you may register to take just that subtest.
Elementary Developmental K–8	Elementary Education: Content Knowledge (On-screen scientific calculator provided)	5018	163
	or
	Elementary Education: Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment	5017	153
	or
	Elementary Education Assessment (On-screen calculator provided)	5006	²
	Mathematics and Science Subtest	5008	158
	Reading and Language Arts & Social Studies Subtest	5007	160
	2 To pass the Elementary Education Assessment test you must receive a passing score on each subtest. If you wish to take both subtests (5007, 5008) at the same time, select Elementary Education Assessment (5006) when registering. If you wish to take or retake an individual subtest, you may register to take just that subtest.
	or
	Elementary Education: Multiple Subjects (On-screen scientific calculator provided)	5001	³
	Reading and Language Arts Subtest	5002	157
	Mathematics Subtest (On-screen scientific calculator provided)	5003	157
	Social Studies Subtest	5004	155
	Science Subtest (On-screen scientific calculator provided)	5005	159
	3 To pass the Elementary Education: Multiple Subjects test you must receive a passing score on each subtest. If you wish to take all four subtests (5002, 5003, 5004, 5005) at the same time, select Elementary Education: Multiple Subjects (5001) when registering. If you wish to take or retake an individual subtest, you may register to take just that subtest.
	or
	Elementary Education: Content Knowledge for Teaching (On-screen scientific calculator provided)	7811	⁴
	Reading and Language Arts CKT Subtest	7812	161
	Mathematics CKT Subtest (On-screen scientific calculator provided)	7813	150
	Science CKT Subtest	7814	154
	Social Studies CKT Subtest	7815	159
	4 To pass the Elementary Education: Content Knowledge for Teaching test you must receive a passing score on each subtest. If you wish to take all four subtests (7812, 7813, 7814, 7815) at the same time, select Elementary Education: Content Knowledge for Teaching (7811) when registering. If you wish to take or retake an individual subtest, you may register to take just that subtest.
Elementary Math Specialist	Elementary Education: Math Specialist (On-screen four-function calculator provided)	5037	153
Reading–Elementary	Teaching Reading: Elementary	5205	159

To Be Certified in	You Need to Take	Test Code	Qualifying Score
Middle School 6–8	Middle School: Content Knowledge (Calculator allowed)	5146	140
Middle School English Language Arts 6–8	Middle School English Language Arts	5047	164
Middle School Mathematics 6–8	Middle School Mathematics (On-screen graphing calculator provided)	5164	157
Middle School Science 6–8	Middle School Science	5442	152
Middle School Social Studies 6–8	Middle School Social Studies	5089	149

To Be Certified in	You Need to Take	Test Code	Qualifying Score
Agriculture	Agriculture	5701	147
Algebra I	Algebra I (On-screen graphing calculator provided)	5162	157
Art	Art: Content Knowledge	5134	158
Biology	Biology	5236	154
Business Education	Business Education: Content Knowledge (Calculator allowed)	5101	154
Chemistry	Chemistry	5246	146
Computer Science	Computer Science	5652	149
Earth Science	Earth and Space Sciences	5572	154
Economics	Economics	5911	150
English	English Language Arts: Content Knowledge	5038	167
Family and Consumer Science	Family and Consumer Sciences	5122	153
General Science	General Science	5436	141
Geography	Geography	5921	149
Geometry	Geometry (On-screen graphing calculator provided)	5163	148
Government and Political Science	Government/Political Science	5931	149
Health	Health Education	5551	155
Health and Physical Education	Health and Physical Education: Content Knowledge	5857	160
History	World and U.S. History: Content Knowledge	5941	141
Journalism	Journalism	5224	153
Mathematics	Mathematics (On-screen graphing calculator provided)	5165	159
Music	Music: Content Knowledge	5113	154
	or
	Music: Content and Instruction	5114	162
Physical Education	Physical Education: Content Knowledge	5091	146
	or
	Physical Education: Content and Design	5095	169
Physical Science	Physical Science	5485	157
	or
	Chemistry	5246	146
	General Science	5436	141
	Physics	5266	145
Physics	Physics	5266	145
Psychology	Psychology	5391	154
Reading–Secondary	Teaching Reading: K–12	5206	156
Social Studies	Social Studies: Content Knowledge	5081	152
Social Studies	Social Studies: Content and Interpretation	5086	153
Sociology	Sociology	5952	154
Speech Communication	Speech Communication: Content Knowledge	5221	146
Technology Education	Technology Education	5051	159
Theatre	Theatre	5641	157
Vocational Education	Fundamental Subjects: Content Knowledge (On-screen scientific calculator provided)	5511	150

To Be Certified in	You Need to Take	Test Code	Qualifing Score
Health Occupations	Health Occupations	5052	152
Reading Specialist	Reading Specialist	5302	165
School Counselor	School Counselor	5422	159
School Librarian	School Librarian	5312	154
School Psychologist	School Psychologist	5403	155

To Be Certified in	You Need to Take	Test Code	Qualifying Score
Special Education–Early Childhood	Special Education: Early Childhood/Early Intervention	5692	159
Special Education	Special Education: Core Knowledge and Applications	5354	151

To Be Certified in	You Need to Take	Test Code	Qualifying Score
Japanese	Japanese: World Language	5661	156
English as a Second Language	English to Speakers of Other Languages	5362	155
French	French: World Language	5174	162
German	German: World Language	5183	163
Russian	Russian: World Language	5671	130
Spanish	Spanish: World Language	5195	168

TBA: To Be Announced. All TBA scores will be available once the test is required.

Visit Alaska Teacher Certification for more information about educator certification requirements in Alaska.

This page is a supplement to The Praxis^® Tests Information Bulletin (PDF).

Alaska Test Requirements

Score reporting

Tests required for all licensure areas

Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators (Core)

Tests required for specific licensure areas

Early Childhood and Elementary Education

Middle School Education

Secondary Education

All Grades

Special Education

World Languages