What exactly does the PRAXIS test qualify you to do?

Question

It doesn't qualify you to teach straight away, does it?

Answer 1

Where I live the Praxis isn't taken til the teacher is in her very last few weeks of student teaching. So once she passes that and graduates from college she can start applying for a teaching position in her field.

The principals will look at the Praxis scores to give them an idea of how well the new hire knows their stuff as far as circulum goes. So getting a low score might limit a teacher's job potential til he or she proves themselves in the classroom.

Answer 2

I needed to take the PRAXIS in order to get my single subject credential in English. I also had to take the SSAT in English.

I was a Creative Writing major in college, not a Literature and Language major, so even though both of them are English, I wasn't "qualified" to teach English until I passed a subject matter verification (those two tests).

In California, the two tests have been replaced by the CSET, by which you can verify subject matter competency or add on a secondary authorization to your credential.

I'm going to take the CSET in History over the summer.

Answer 3

As far as I understand, it tests your knowlegde in the discipline you want to teach ...

I thought about passing the praxis in French to teach in MO, but that idea has been blown out now...

Good luck to you ;^)

Answer 4

It is a skills assessment for aspiring teachers - there are still other steps to becoming credentialed.

Answer 5

http://www.praxiscourses.org.uk/