Required Indiana Licensure Tests (Undergraduate Programs)
2024-2025
All tests are subject to change by the Indiana Department of Education.
Recent testing updates by the Indiana Department of Education may result in changes to previously required content and/or pedagogy exam(s). Please verify which exams are required for your specific program area prior to taking your exam(s).
Information on Indiana and Praxis requirements, including registration and preparation materials can be found at Indiana RequiredTest (ets.org). A calendar to see when certain tests are being offered and where can be found at Schedule Your Praxis Test (ets.org).
You can find the schedule for Indiana exam offerings here.
Content Test Attempt Deadlines for Student Teaching:
Official score reports issued directly from the testing vendor must be received by OTEL by December 1 for Spring Student Teaching, and by July 1 for Fall Student Teaching. Please plan your testing date accordingly. To determine when your score will be released, based on testing date, go to the Praxis website at Getting Your Praxis Scores (For Test Takers) (ets.org).
You must list Purdue University (1631) as both your educator preparation program AND as a score recipient institution. Additionally, if your Praxis profile address is not in Indiana, or you test outside of Indiana, you must also select the Indiana Department of Education (state code 7238) as a score recipient when you register
PLEASE NOTE: Your exam score can be released to our office one to six weeks after your testing date. Exams that include a constructed response take longer to release. These exams are indicated with double asterisks.
Important Information
- All content and pedagogy exams must be passed prior to applying for licensure.
- You must always code Purdue University (1631) as both your educator preparation program and as a score recipient when you register for all Praxis exams. Failure to do so will incur additional costs to have your official score(s) resent.
- If you test in Indiana at a testing center and your Praxis profile address is in Indiana, your score report will be sent automatically to the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE).
- If your Praxis profile address is not in Indiana, or you test outside of Indiana, or use the Praxis test “At Home” option, your scores are NOT automatically sent to the IDOE. To have your scores sent to the IDOE, you must select the Indiana Department of Education (state code 7238) as a score recipient when you register.
- For all methods of Praxis testing, to request additional score reports you must select Purdue University (1631) and/or the IDOE (state code 7238) with each additional score report request if you want either Purdue and/or the IDOE to receive it. There is an additional cost to have your official score(s) resent. There is an additional cost to have your official score report resent from the testing vendor. Visit the Praxis website Sending Your Praxis Scores (ets.org) for more information.
Career and Technical Education (CTE): Agriculture Education
Content Area Test (before student teaching) | Cut Score |
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5701 Agriculture | 147 |
Secondary (5-12) Pedagogy (prior to licensure) | Cut Score |
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5624 Principles of Learning & Teaching: Grades 7-12** | 157 |
Career and Technical Education (CTE): Family and Consumer Sciences Education
Content Area Test (before student teaching) | Cut Score |
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5122 Family & Consumer Sciences (available until 8/31/2025) OR | 153 |
5123 Family and Consumer Sciences (available beginning 9/1/2024) | 151 |
Secondary (5-12) Pedagogy (prior to licensure) | Cut Score |
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5624 Principles of Learning & Teaching: Grades 7-12** | 157 |
Chinese Studies- Education Track
Content Area Test (before student teaching) | Cut Score |
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5665 Chinese (Mandarin): World Language** | 161 |
Secondary (5-12) Pedagogy (prior to licensure) | Cut Score |
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5625 Principles of Learning and Teaching: Pre K-12** | 157 |
Classical Studies- Education Track
Content Area Test (before student teaching) | Cut Score |
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5601 Latin | 152 |
Secondary (5-12) Pedagogy (prior to licensure) | Cut Score |
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5625 Principles of Learning and Teaching: Pre K-12** | 157 |
Early Childhood Education and Exceptional Needs: Mild Intervention
Content Area Test (before student teaching) | Cut Score |
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5027 Early Childhood: Reading and Language Arts & Social Studies (Humanities subtest) | 161 |
5028 Early Childhood: Math & Science (STEM subtest) | 160 |
5355 Special Education: Foundational Knowledge | 145 |
5205 Teaching Reading: Elementary – Required for Fall 2025 student teachers forward. (Optional 7/1/2024 to 6/30/2025. Required if not licensable by 7/1/2025) | 159 |
Early Childhood (P-3) Pedagogy (prior to licensure) | Cut Score |
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5621 Principles of Learning & Teaching: Early Childhood** | 157 |
Elementary Education*
Content Area Test (before student teaching) | Cut Score |
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5007 Elementary Education: Reading and Language Arts & Social Studies (Humanities subtest) | 160 |
5008 Elementary Education: Math & Science (STEM subtest) | 158 |
5205 Teaching Reading: Elementary – Required for Fall 2025 student teachers forward. (Optional 7/1/2024 to 6/30/2025. Required if not licensable by 7/1/2025) | 159 |
Elementary (K-6) Pedagogy (prior to licensure) | Cut Score |
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5622 Principles of Learning & Teaching: Grades K-6** | 160 |
Engineering Technology Education
Content Area Test (before student teaching) | Cut Score |
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5051 Technology Education (available until 8/31/2025) OR | 159 |
5053 Technology and Engineering Education (available beginning 9/1/2024) | 157 |
Secondary (5-12) Pedagogy (prior to licensure) | Cut Score |
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5624 Principles of Learning & Teaching: Grades 7-12** | 157 |
English Education*
Content Area Test (before student teaching) | Cut Score |
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5038 English Language Arts: Content Knowledge | 167 |
Secondary (5-12) Pedagogy (prior to licensure) | Cut Score |
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5624 Principles of Learning & Teaching: Grades 7-12** | 157 |
French – Education Track
Content Area Test (before student teaching) | Cut Score |
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5174 French: World Language** | 159 |
Secondary (5-12) Pedagogy (prior to licensure) | Cut Score |
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5625 Principles of Learning and Teaching: Pre K-12** | 157 |
German – Education Track
Content Area Test (before student teaching) | Cut Score |
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5183 German: World Language** | 163 |
Secondary (5-12) Pedagogy (prior to licensure) | Cut Score |
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5625 Principles of Learning and Teaching: Pre K-12** | 157 |
Inclusion Program- Elementary Education and Special Education: Mild and Intense Intervention (P-12)
Content Area Test (before student teaching) | Cut Score |
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5007 Elementary Education: Reading and Language Arts & Social Studies (Humanities subtest) | 160 |
5008 Elementary Education: Math & Science (STEM subtest) | 158 |
5355 Special Education: Foundational Knowledge | 145 |
5547 Special Education: Severe to Profound | 156 |
5205 Teaching Reading: Elementary – Required for Fall 2025 student teachers forward. (Optional 7/1/2024 to 6/30/2025. Required if not licensable by 7/1/2025) | 159 |
All Grade (P-12) Pedagogy (prior to licensure) | Cut Score |
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5625 Principles of Learning and Teaching: Pre K-12** | 157 |
Japanese – Education Track
Content Area Test (before student teaching) | Cut Score |
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5661 Japanese: World Language** | 156 |
Secondary (5-12) Pedagogy (prior to licensure) | Cut Score |
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5625 Principles of Learning and Teaching: Pre K-12** | 157 |
Mathematics Education
Content Area Test (before student teaching) | Cut Score |
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5165 Mathematics | 159 |
Secondary (5-12) Pedagogy (prior to licensure) | Cut Score |
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5624 Principles of Learning & Teaching: Grades 7-12** | 157 |
Science Education- Biology Concentration
Content Area Test (before student teaching) | Cut Score |
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5236 Biology | 154 |
Secondary (5-12) Pedagogy (prior to licensure) | Cut Score |
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5624 Principles of Learning & Teaching: Grades 7-12** | 157 |
Science Education- Chemistry Concentration
Content Area Test (before student teaching) | Cut Score |
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5246 Chemistry | 146 |
Secondary (5-12) Pedagogy (prior to licensure) | Cut Score |
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5624 Principles of Learning & Teaching: Grades 7-12** | 157 |
Science Education- Earth Space Science Concentration
Content Area Test (before student teaching) | Cut Score |
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5572 Earth & Space Science | 154 |
Secondary (5-12) Pedagogy (prior to licensure) | Cut Score |
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5624 Principles of Learning & Teaching: Grades 7-12** | 157 |
Science Education- Physics Concentration
Content Area Test (before student teaching) | Cut Score |
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5266 Physics | 145 |
Secondary (5-12) Pedagogy (prior to licensure) | Cut Score |
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5624 Principles of Learning & Teaching: Grades 7-12** | 157 |
Social Studies Education
Content Area Test (before student teaching) | Cut Score |
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5911 Economics | 144 |
5931 Government/Political Science | 149 |
5941 World and U.S. History: Content Knowledge | 148 |
Secondary (5-12) Pedagogy (prior to licensure) | Cut Score |
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5624 Principles of Learning & Teaching: Grades 7-12** | 157 |
Spanish – Education Track
Content Area Test (before student teaching) | Cut Score |
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5195 Spanish: World Language** | 166 |
Secondary (5-12) Pedagogy (prior to licensure) | Cut Score |
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5625 Principles of Learning and Teaching: Pre K-12** | 157 |
Special Education: Mild and Intense Intervention (P-12)*
Content Area Test (before student teaching) | Cut Score |
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5355 Special Education: Foundational Knowledge | 145 |
5547 Special Education: Severe to Profound | 156 |
5205 Teaching Reading: Elementary – Required for Fall 2025 student teachers forward. (Optional 7/1/2024 to 6/30/2025. Required if not licensable by 7/1/2025) | 159 |
All Grade (P-12) Pedagogy (prior to licensure) | Cut Score |
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5625 Principles of Learning and Teaching: Pre K-12** | 157 |
Visual Arts Education
Content Area Test (before student teaching) | Cut Score |
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5134 Art: Content Knowledge | 158 |
All Grade (P-12) Pedagogy (prior to licensure) | Cut Score |
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5625 Principles of Learning and Teaching: Pre K-12** | 157 |
Visual Arts Design Education
Content Area Test (before student teaching) | Cut Score |
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5134 Art: Content Knowledge | 158 |
All Grade (P-12) Pedagogy (prior to licensure) | Cut Score |
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5625 Principles of Learning and Teaching: Pre K-12** | 157 |
High Ability – Licensure Addition
Content Area Test (before student teaching) | Cut Score |
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5358 Gifted Education | 157 |
Teachers of English Learners – Licensure Addition
Content Area Test (before student teaching) | Cut Score |
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5362 English to Speakers of Other Languages | 155 |
The following exams were replaced on September 1, 2023, and are no longer used for Indiana licensure. However, if these exams were passed by August 31, 2023, they remain valid for licensure.
Licensure Content Area | Content Area Test | Cut Score |
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Exceptional Needs: Mild Intervention | 5543 Special Education: Core Knowledge & Mild to Moderate Applications** | 155 |
Exceptional Needs: Intense Intervention | 5545 Special Education: Core Knowledge & Severe to Profound Applications** | 158 |
Chemistry | 5245 Chemistry: Content Knowledge | 155 |
Earth/Space Science | 5571 Earth & Space Sciences: Content Knowledge | 152 |
Life Science (Biology) | 5235 Biology: Content Knowledge | 150 |
Physics | 5265 Physics: Content Knowledge | 140 |
Please Note
*A Learner Specialty Concentration is required for this program. For Learner Specialty Concentration options that lead to licensure, the content exam is required.
**Exams which include a constructed response are indicated. Exams which include a constructed response take longer for the score to be released.