Licensure Content Exams

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 exam requirements, registration and preparation materials, including one free interactive practice test per test area, 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.

If an applicant currently holds a valid Indiana Instructional Professional Educator License, the following exams may be used to add content areas via testing alone. The following content areas cannot be added with testing alone because they also require coursework completed through an approved educator preparation program:

• Early Childhood Education
• Early Literacy
• Elementary Generalist
• English as a New Language
• Exceptional Needs (Mild Intervention, Intense Intervention, Blind and Low Vision, Deaf and Hard of Hearing)
• Fine Arts content areas (Visual Arts, Vocal and General Music, Instrumental and General Music, and Theater Arts)
• High Ability

PLEASE NOTE: The release of your exam score to our office can take one to six weeks from your testing date. 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).

Important Information

• You must always code Purdue University (1631) 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.

Please Note

*All CTE licensure content areas also require verification of 4,000 hours of relevant work experience.

**Exams which include a constructed response are indicated. Exams which include a constructed response take longer for the score to be released.