Delaware

Delaware Test Requirements

The Delaware Professional Standards Board and State Board of Education have not approved qualifying test scores for all cert ificate areas; thus, the Praxis test is required if applicable and available. For further information about Delaware educator certification and licensing, visit the Delaware Educator Data System (DEEDS) website.

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).

Score reporting

If you test in Delaware at a test center or at home, and your Praxis profile address is in Delaware, your score report will be sent automatically to the Delaware Department of Education.
If you test outside Delaware or your Praxis profile address is not in Delaware, your scores are NOT automatically sent to the Delaware Department of Education. To have your scores sent to the Delaware Department of Education, you must select the Delaware Department of Education (state code 7065) as a score recipient when you register.
For all methods of Praxis testing, to request additional score reports you must select the Delaware Department of Education (state code 7065) with each additional score report request.

Tests required for specific licensure areas

To Be Certified in	You Need to Take	Test Code	Qualifying Score
Adult Basic Education	Core Academic Skills for Educators: Reading and	5713	156
	Core Academic Skills for Educators: Writing and	5723	162
	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).

To Be Certified in	You Need to Take	Test Code	Qualifying Score
Early Childhood	Education of Young Children	5024	160

Delaware accepts subtests from the Elementary Education: Multiple Subjects (5001), Elementary Education: Content Knowledge for Teaching (7801) and the Elementary Education: Content Knowledge for Teaching (7811) test toward Elementary certification. For additional information please see Regulation 1521.

To Be Certified in	You Need to Take	Test Code	Qualifying Score
Elementary	Elementary Education: Multiple Subjects (On-screen scientific calculator provided)	5001	¹
	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
	1 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 four-function calculator provided)	7811	²
	Reading and Language Arts Subtest	7812	156
	Mathematics Subtest (On-screen four-function calculator provided)	7813	143
	Science Subtest	7814	144
	Social Studies Subtest	7815	153
	2 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.

To Be Certified in	You Need to Take	Test Code	Qualifying Score
Middle Level – English Language Arts	Middle School English Language Arts	5047	164
Middle Level – Mathematics	Middle School Mathematics (On-screen graphing calculator provided)	5164	155
Middle Level – Science	Middle School Science	5442	152
Middle Level – Social Studies	Middle School Social Studies	5089	164

To Be Certified in	You Need to Take	Test Code	Qualifying Score
Biology	Accepted through August 31, 2023 Biology: Content Knowledge or	5235	150
	Biology	5236	154
Chemistry	Accepted through August 31, 2023 Chemistry: Content Knowledge or	5245	151
	Chemistry	5246	146
Earth Science	Accepted through August 31, 2023 Earth and Space Sciences: Content Knowledge or	5571	150
	Earth and Space Sciences	5572	154
English	English Language Arts: Content Knowledge	5038	167
Integrated Science	Accepted through August 31, 2023 General Science: Content Knowledge or	5435	151
	General Science	5436	141
Mathematics	Mathematics	5165	152
Physical Science	Accepted through August 31, 2023 General Science: Content Knowledge or	5435	151
	General Science	5436	141
Physics	Accepted through August 31, 2023 Physics: Content Knowledge or	5265	140
	Physics	5266	145
Social Studies	Social Studies: Content Knowledge	5081	157

To Be Certified in	You Need to Take	Test Code	Qualifying Score
Art	Art: Content Knowledge	5134	158
Exceptional Children	Special Education: Core Knowledge and Applications	5354	151
Health & Physical Education Teacher (Dual Option)	Health and Physical Education: Content Knowledge	5857	160
Health Education	Health Education	5551	162
Music	Music: Content Knowledge	5113	155
Physical Education	Physical Education: Content Knowledge	5091	152
Teacher of English Language Learners	English to Speakers of Other Languages	5362	149
Teacher of Students who are Gifted or Talented³	Gifted Education	5358	157
Theatre	Theatre	5641	153

3 Coursework is also required. View requirements.

To Be Certified in	You Need to Take	Test Code	Qualifying Score
Chinese Mandarin	Chinese (Mandarin): World Language	5665	164
French	French: World Language	5174	162
German	German: World Language	5183	163
Latin	Latin	5601	152
Spanish	Spanish: World Language	5195	168

For the school leaders licensure and superintendent tests, the Delaware Department of Education will also accept scores taken on the previous versions of the School Leaders Licensure Assessment (6011) and the School Superintendent Assessment (6021). Please request an additional score report to be sent to the Delaware Department of Education, state code 7065.

The Delaware Department of Education also requires 5 years of experience as an educator for any Administrator/School Leader certification.

To Be Certified in	You Need to Take	Test Code	Qualifying Score
Certified Central Office Personnel or Special Education Director	Educational Leadership: Administration and Supervision or	5412	146
	School Leaders Licensure Assessment (Must use SLS website to register) or	6990	151
	School Superintendent Assessment (Must use SLS website to register)	6991	162
Principal or Assistant Principal	School Leaders Licensure Assessment (Must use SLS website to register) or	6990	151
	School Superintendent Assessment (Must use SLS website to register)	6991	162
Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent	School Superintendent Assessment (Must use SLS website to register)	6991	162

To Be Certified in	You Need to Take	Test Code	Qualifying Score
Agriscience	Agriculture	5701	147
Business Education	Business Education: Content Knowledge (Calculator allowed) (For Business, Finance, or Marketing)	5101	154
Family and Consumer Sciences	Family and Consumer Sciences	5122	153
Technology Education	Technology Education	5051	159

To Be Certified in	You Need to Take	Test Code	Qualifying Score
Elementary School Counselor	Professional School Counselor	5421	156
Reading Specialist	Required beginning October 11, 2022 Reading Specialist	5302	165
Secondary School Counselor	Professional School Counselor	5421	156
School Psychologist	School Psychologist	5402	147

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

Delaware Test Requirements

Score reporting

Tests required for specific licensure areas

Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators (Core)

Early Childhood (Birth to Grade 2)

Elementary Education (Grades K–6)

Middle School Education (Grades 6–8)

Secondary Education (Grades 9–12; Valid in Grades 6–8 in a middle level school)

All Grades (Grades K–12)

World Languages (Grades K–12)

Administrator/School Leader

Career & Technical Education (Grades 6–12)

Instructional Support Personnel (Grades K–12)