Required Indiana Licensure Tests (Undergraduate Programs)

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.

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.