PRAXIS TEST PREPARATION

The Administrative Rules of South Dakota (ARSD) have mandated licensure exams for the state of South Dakota.

Exams should be taken and scores reported to the Teacher Education Program prior to entering your student teaching placement(s). Qualifying scores must be achieved to meet teacher certification requirements in South Dakota and other PRAXIS testing states.

You must register online unless you are applying for testing accommodations.

Be sure to put Augustana University (SD) down as one of your score recipients: AUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY (code=6015) so the Augustana Education Department has access to your score reports. If you test in South Dakota, your score report will be sent automatically to the South Dakota Department of Education (SD DOE). If you test outside of South Dakota, select the South Dakota Department of Education (code=8112) as a score recipient when you register. 

Download a copy of your scores as your scores are no longer available to you via your ETS account. You will have to pay a fee to receive a hard copy of your scores. SD DOE Praxis Information is available from the ETS website as well. You can also check the ETS website for test preparation materials.

Free Online Test Preparation Materials
PRAXIS Content & Pedagogical Test Information

Content Tests

  • K-8 ELED — test takers have two options (#5000 or #8000 series)
    • Elementary Education Content Knowledge #5000 Test Series — expires August 2028
      • Test takers can register for all 4 tests via #5001 Elementary Education: Multiple Subjects OR register for each subtest (see below)
        • Reading & Language Arts Subtest #5002 Qualifying Score=150
        • Mathematics Subtest #5003 Qualifying Score=146
        • Social Studies Subtest #5004 Qualifying Score=147
        • Science Subtest #5005 Qualifying Score=150
    • Elementary Education Fundamentals #8000 Test Series
      • Teaching Reading #8006 Qualifying Score=152
      • Mathematics #8003 Qualifying Score=152
      • Social Studies #8004 Qualifying Score=147
      • Science #8005 Qualifying Score=143
  • K-12 SPED: Foundational Knowledge: Test #5355, Qualifying Score=145
  • K-12 Art: Content Knowledge: Test #5134, Qualifying Score=151
  • K-12 Music: Content Knowledge: Test #5113, Qualifying Score=150
  • K-12 Spanish: World Language: Test #5195, Qualifying Score=160
  • K-12 Physical Education: Content Knowledge: Test #5091, Qualifying Score=140
  • K-12 Comprehensive School Health:  Test #5551, Qualifying Score=145
  • 7-12 Eng/Lang/Lit/Comp: Content Knowledge: Test #5038, Qualifying Score=167
  • 7-12 Mathematics: Content Knowledge: Test #5165, Qualifying Score=159
  • 7-12 Biology: Test #5236, Qualifying Score=154
  • 7-12 Chemistry: Test #5246, Qualifying Score=146
  • 7-12 World and U.S. History: Content Knowledge: Test #5941, Qualifying Score=146

Pedagogy Tests — PLT testing must align with preparation program grade spans:

  • K-8 ELED MAJORS: Principles of Learning & Teaching Grades K-6: Test #5622, Qualifying Score=160
  • 5-12 SEED MAJORS: Principles of Learning & Teaching Grades 7-12: Test #5624, Qualifying Score=157
  • EK12 MAJORS:  Principles of Learning & Teaching Grades PreK-12:  Test #5625, Qualifying Score=157
  • K-8 ELED and K-12 SPED DOUBLE MAJORS: Principles of Learning & Teaching Grades PreK-12:  Test #5625, Qualifying Score=157 OR both #5622 and #5624
  • 5-12 SEED and K-12 SPED DOUBLE MAJORS: Principles of Learning & Teaching Grades PreK-12:  Test #5625, Qualifying Score=157 OR both #5622 and #5624
  • EK12 and K-12 SPED DOUBLE MAJORS: Principles of Learning & Teaching Grades PreK-12:  Test #5625, Qualifying Score=157 OR both #5622 and #5624
Middle-Level Learner With Subject Specific Endorsement Grades 5-8

To add the Middle-Level Learner and Subject-Specific 5-8 endorsement to your K-8 or 5-12 SD DOE teaching credential you must complete the middle school student teaching and achieve the qualifying score on the applicable PRAXIS content test.

  • 5-8 English/Language Arts and 5-8 Mathematics
    • No additional test is required for ELED or English/SEED majors
    • No additional test is required for ELED or Mathematics/SEED majors
  • 5-8 Science
    • No additional test is required for ELED
    • SEED science majors (BIOLOGY OR CHEMISTRY) must take an additional PRAXIS content test and should take #5436 General Science which works for 5-12 science
  • 5-8 Social Studies
    • No additional test is required for ELED
    • SEED social science majors (HISTORY) must take an additional PRAXIS content test and should take #5581 SS which works for 5-12 social studies