Exams
Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators
Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators assesses reading, writing, and mathematics. Many states use it as a basic-skills requirement for admission to preparation programs or for licensure, but not all states use Praxis, and cut scores differ.
Reviewed by Brittnie Vargas, School principal, M.Ed.Editorial processKey takeaways
- Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators assesses reading, writing, and mathematics. Many states use it as a basic-skills requirement for admission to preparation programs or for licensure, but not all states use Praxis, and cut scores differ.
- No. Several large states use their own exam systems. Check the exams section on your state's teaching certification page.
Confirm whether your state requires Praxis Core, accepts alternatives (SAT/ACT/coursework), or uses a different basic-skills exam entirely. Arizona AEPA/NES, California CBEST/CSET pathways, Texas TExES, and others are not Praxis systems.
Cut scores and fees should be read from your state board or the ETS state requirements page for that jurisdiction. This site displays cut scores only when a sourced state page publishes them.
Praxis Core is a classroom-prep instrument. It is not the School Leaders Licensure Assessment. Building-administrator candidates should start on the SLLA page and the principal checklist, not here.
Phase 1 states with sourced Praxis citations
27 sourced Praxis exam rows appear in Phase 1 state content. Cut scores display only when the state source publishes them.
Frequently asked questions
Is Praxis Core required in every state?
No. Several large states use their own exam systems. Check the exams section on your state's teaching certification page.