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The Praxis® Tests

Supporting aspiring teachers on their journey to the classroom

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Montana

Montana Test Requirements

For more information about educator licensing, visit the Montana Office of Public Instruction Educator Licensure webpage.

 

Teacher education program completers

Find your endorsement area below to determine which test(s) you need to take and to see the minimum qualifying score. 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 Montana at a test center or at home, and your Praxis profile address is in Montana, your score report will be sent automatically to the Montana Office of Public Instruction.
  • If you test outside Montana or your Praxis profile address is not in Montana, your scores are NOT automatically sent to the Montana Office of Public Instruction. To have your scores sent to the Montana Office of Public Instruction, you must select the Montana Office of Public Instruction (state code 8653) as a score recipient when you register. As an alternative, when you receive your official test score(s) from ETS, you may email your results to the OPI Licensure Division at cert@mt.gov.
  • For all methods of Praxis testing, to request additional score reports you must select the Montana Office of Public Instruction (state code 8653) with each additional score report request.

Tests required for specific licensure areas

To Be Eligible For Endorsement in You Need to Take Test Code Qualifying Score
Early Childhood Education (Preschool–Grade 3) Early Childhood Education 5025 156
Elementary K–8

Elementary Education: Content Knowledge
(On-screen scientific calculator provided)

5018 163

To Be Eligible For Endorsement in You Need to Take Test Code Qualifying Score
Agriculture Education Agriculture 5701 157
Biology Biology 5236 154
Broadfield Science General Science 5436 141
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

148

Geography

Geography 5921

155

Government/
Political Science

Government/Political Science 5931

149

Industrial Education

Technology Education

5051

154

Latin

Latin

5601

152

Mathematics

Mathematics
(On-screen graphing calculator provided)

5165

159

Physical Science Chemistry 5246 146
or
Physics 5266 145
Physics Physics 5266 145

Psychology

Psychology

5391

154

Social Studies

Social Studies: Content Knowledge

5081

155

Sociology

Sociology

5952

154

Theatre

Theatre

5641

148

World and U.S. History

World and U.S. History: Content Knowledge

5941

146

To Be Eligible For Endorsement in You Need to Take Test Code Qualifying Score
Art Art: Content Knowledge

5134

158

Health and Physical Education K–12 Health and Physical Education: Content Knowledge

5857

155

Library Media Specialists K–12 School Librarian 5312 154

Music

Music: Content Knowledge

5113

152

Physical Education K–12, K–8, and 5–12

Health and Physical Education: Content Knowledge

5857

155

Reading

Teaching Reading: K–12

5206

156

Special Education

Special Education: Core Knowledge and Applications

5354

159

To Be Highly Qualified in You Need to Take Test Code Qualifying Score
Professional School Counselor School Counselor 5422 159

To Be Eligible For Endorsement 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

Spanish

Spanish: World Language

5195

168

 

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

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

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