Top-Quality Standards

The Praxis series of testing covers the basics that a teacher should know to be successful in the classroom. Roughly 80% of states that require tests as a portion of their teacher licensing process rely on the Praxis tests. It is becoming increasingly more popular for colleges and universities to use the basic academic skills assessments as an evaluation tool regarding students applying to enter teacher education programs.

The three categories of assessments within Praxis match to the three primary milestones in teacher development:

• Praxis I ™: Academic Skills Assessments -- Entering a teacher training program
• Praxis II ™: Subject Assessments -- Licensure for entering the profession
• Praxis III ™: Classroom Performance Assessments -- The first year of teaching

The Praxis tests are backed by extensive research, including a complete job analysis of the most important tasks and skills required of beginning teachers and extensive surveys to confirm test validity. Developed by educators for educators, advisory committees of education professionals help determine test content and review, revise and approve all questions and exercises.

We believe that the same standards can be applied to instructors in a post-secondary learning environment. To help those of you already using Praxis or who want to use Praxis for instructor evaluation, the Pearson Instructor Education collection is mapped to the various Praxis domains.