Praxis Testing at PSU

SHAC Testing Services is no longer a testing site for the Praxis. The information below is for your reference.

Praxis: Teacher Licensure and Certification Tests

The Praxis Series: Professional Assessments for Beginning Teachers is a set of rigorous and carefully validated assessments that yields accurate, reliable information that state education agencies use in deciding licensing issues. Additionally, colleges and universities may use the basic academic skills assessments to qualify individuals for entry into teacher education programs.

• Praxis I: Pre-Professional Skills Test measures basic skills in reading, writing and mathematics.
• Praxis II: Subject Tests measure knowlege of specific K-12 subjects as well as general and subject-specific teaching skills and knowledge.

Registration

Register for the Praxis through Educational Testing Service (ETS), registering online or via mail. Registration forms to mail are available on the ETS website.

Notes about the Praxis

Praxis I and PPST section of the Praxis test are offered Monday through Saturday on computer at the Sylvan Learning Centers Thompson Prometric Testing Centers. Call 503-254-4159.

• Your admission ticket, sent to you by ETS, has information you will need for the test day (e.g. where to report, what to bring/not to bring, etc.)
• See your admission ticket for the testing location.

Emergency Registration

There is no longer a "stand-by" option available for the Praxis. Instead, ETS has "Emergency" Registration available to you online only, and the fee for this service will be $75. Test takers must register for this "Emergency" option up to the Friday one week prior to the test date. If you have any questions please contact ETS at 1-800-257-5123.

Questions

Direct questions about registration, score reporting, and test preparation to ETS in Princeton, New Jersey, at 609-771-7395.

If you have questions about the exams that you need to take, direct them to the appropriate state organization OR the teacher education program to which you are applying. Go to the official Praxis web site for a listing of Praxis requirements by state. Also, you can go here for Oregon Teachers Standards and Practices or call (503) 378-3586.