Montana Test Requirements
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 |
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Early Childhood Education (Preschool–Grade 3) | Early Childhood Education | 5025 | 156 |
Elementary K–8 | Elementary Education: Content Knowledge |
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/ |
Government/Political Science | 5931 | 149 |
Industrial Education |
Technology Education | 5051 |
154 |
Latin |
Latin | 5601 |
152 |
Mathematics |
5165 |
159 |
|
Physical Science | Chemistry | 5246 | 146 |
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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 |
5113 |
152 |
|
Physical Education K–12, K–8, and 5–12 |
5857 |
155 |
|
Reading |
5206 |
156 |
|
Special Education |
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) |
5665 |
164 |
|
French |
5174 |
162 |
|
German |
5183 |
163 |
|
Spanish |
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).
