Basic Skills Test

All teacher licensure candidates are required to take the basic skills test. This test needs to be completed before you begin the M.Ed. licensure program.

This test includes three subtests: reading, writing, and mathematics. We recommend that you take all three subtests at a single appointment.

More Information

Find more information on the basic skills test, including test dates and preparation materials, on the MTLE website »

Pedagogy Tests

You'll need to take the pedagogy test the corresponds with your licensure grade-level:

• Early Childhood (Birth to Grade 3)
• Elementary (Grades K–6)
• Secondary (Grades 5–12)

Each pedagogy test includes two subtests. We recommend that you take both subtests at a single appointment.

The pedagogy exam should be completed during your student teaching practicum.

Note: Testing for K–12 and Special Education Licensure Candidates

K–12 licensure candidates in the areas of art education, music education, physical education, and second languages and cultures may choose to take either the elementary or the secondary pedagogy exam.

Special education candidates will need to take the pedagogy exam that corresponds with their specialty area:

• Early Childhood Special Education: early childhood exam
• Deaf and Hard of Hearing: choose one of the three pedagogy tests (early childhood, elementary, or secondary)
• EBD, LD, DD: choose either the elementary or the secondary exam.

Content Tests

You'll need to take the content test that corresponds to your licensure area.

All tests except elementary education include two subtests. Elementary education content tests include three subtests. We recommend that you take all subtests at a single appointment.

Tests by Program Areas

• Agricultural Education (Grades 5–12)
• Art Education (Grades K–12)
• Computer, Keyboarding, and Related Technology (Grades K–12)
• Developmental and Adapted Physical Education (DAPE) (Grades K–12)
• Early Childhood Education (Birth to Grade 3)
• Early Childhood Special Education
• Elementary Education (Grades K–6)
  • If pursuing a specialty area in addition to elementary license, take the corresponding content area test:
  • Middle Level Communication Arts/Literature (Grades 5–8)
  • Middle Level Mathematics (Grades 5–8)
  • Middle Level Science (Grades 5–8)
  • Middle Level Social Studies (Grades 5–8)
  • Pre-primary (Age 3 to pre-kindergarten)
• English Education (Communication Arts/Literature) (Grades 5–12)
• Mathematics (Grades 5–12)
• Physical Education (Grades K–12)
• Reading (Grades K–12)
• Science Education
  • Chemistry (Grades 9–12)
  • Earth and Space Science (Grades 9–12)
  • Life Science (Grades 9–12)
  • Middle Level Science (Grades 5–8)
  • Physics (Grades 9–12)
• Second Languages and Cultures
  • English as a Second Language (Grades K–12)
  • Chinese (Mandarin) (Grades K–12)
  • French (Grades K–12)
  • German (Grades K–12)
  • Spanish (Grades K–12)
• Social Studies (Grades 5–12)
• Special Education (Birth to Age 21)