The Praxis

1. The Praxis is a teacher certification examination written and administered by the Educational Testing Service.
2. Tot be a certified educator in the U.S. qualifying scores must be earned on all parts of the Praxis I and certain areas of the Praxis II Content Area Assessments.
3. The Praxis I consists of three exams: reading, writing, and mathematics.
4. In the reading test 50% of the questions deal with comprehension, 30-40% are analyzing the material, and 10-20% are evaluating the passage.
5. In the writing test 50% of the score comes from a 30 minute writing response, and 50% is composed of answering multiple choice questions about grammar, sentence structure, word choice and mechanics.

• Here is a link to the Writing Center's tip sheet on the reading test.
• Here is a ling to the Writing Center's tip sheet on the writing test.