All You Need To Know About:TExES Exam

A guide to pass your content exam and be eligible to start your internship to become a

Certified Teacher.Created by INSPIRE TEXAS by Region 4

At INSPIRE TEXAS, our main goal is to prepare confident educators who inspire children in Texas to develop their potential.

Each course is designed with the Educator Standards set forth by the State of Texas.

We have partnered with CertifyTeacher.com to provide quality test preparation and practice for your TExES Content Exams.

How does INSPIRE TEXAS prepare you for your content exams?

The Texas Education Agency is the state agency that oversees primary and secondary public education.

This site has a wealth of information ranging from curriculum, teacher certification, and information about schools and school districts.

Here you will find the TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills). These are the building blocks of what your students will need to be taught. You can find your TEKS by grade level here:

http://tea.texas.gov/curriculum/teks/

TEA-Texas Education Agencyhttp://tea.texas.gov/

ETS is the website where you will register for your content exam. You can also find test preparation material and access your scores.

The TExES tests are criterion-referenced examinations designed to measure a candidate's knowledge in relation to an established criterion rather than to the performance of other candidates.

ETS- Education Testing Servicehttp://cms.texes-ets.org/texes/

INSPIRE Texas by R4 is providing you with TExES Content Exam preparation through Certify Teacher at no cost for you.

With the most current core standards and testing technology for educator certification.

Certify Teacher will provide you with a login and password.

To login go to:http://certifyteacher.com/home/

Certify TeacherPractice Software for Educator Certification

By now, you should have received your login and password information from Certifyteacher.com

This information will come from sales@certifyteacher.com

Certified Teacher Log-in

Since Certify Teacher does not offer a practice test for all areas of certification, please check the list below to look for your corresponding test.If your area of certification is included in the list, then the next slides apply to you. if your area of certification is not include here, please skip the certify teacher slide, and go to the slide containing the information for the preparation materials offered by ETS.

Please check the list below to look for your area of certification practice exam.

ELAR /SS 4-8 Math/SC 4-8 Math 4-8 SC 4-8 ELAR 4-8 SS 4-8 TECH APP 8-12 TECH APP EC-12 ESL Supplemental Health EC-12 PE EC-12 PPR EC-12 SPED EC-12 SPED Supplemental Bilingual Education

Supplemental Music EC-12 Theatre EC-12

BTLPT-Spanish Core Subject 4-8 ELAR 7-12 SS 7-12 History7-12 Math 7-12 Science 7-12 Core Subjects EC-6 ELAR & the SC of Teaching

Reading EC-6 Math EC-6 Social Studies EC-6 SC EC-6 Fine Arts, Health and PE EC-6

In Module 5 of ELAR, you will be expected to use Certify Teacher to prepare for your content exam.

This should take around 10-12 hours of your time during this week. Take your time and use all of the GREAT features.

• Study Mode• Exam Mode• Flashcards• Performance Analysis• Study Plan• Build Quizzes• Exam History• Test-taking Tips• Questions Reviewed by Category or Competency• Full and Detailed Explanation for all answers - right and wrong• The option to test and retest with different question sets• Large bank of questions• Automatic Pass/Fail feedback

When you complete the practice test, please write a reflection about your practice exam results and formulate a study plan as you continue to prepare for your content exam.

Module 5 ELAR

If your content area is not represented by Certify Teacher, you will find your practice exam on http://cms.texes-ets.org/texes/prepmaterials/

Here you can access tutorials, Tests at a Glance, Preparation Manuals, Test Familiarization Videos, Interactive Practice Tests, Strategies and Tips, and More…

Locate your desired content exam, print and complete the practice content exam. This will allow you to complete ELAR Module 5.

What if my certification area is not offered by CertifyTeacher.com?

Beginning September 1, 2015, candidates will be limited to five attempts to take a certification test. The five attempts include the first attempt to pass the examination and four retakes. For more information, please see the 

Educator Certification Examination Retake FAQs 

Educator Certification Exam Retake Limit

INSPIRE Texas by Region 4 requires all students to register for their content exam end of Foundations of Teaching.

If you are not sure which content exam you need to take please contact Monica Smith, admissions coordinator at msmith@esc4.net

Please plan accordingly as each exam has a fee.

Planning Ahead

What do I do if I don’t pass my TExES Certification Exam the 1st time?

Continue practicing in Certify Teacher. Contact Dr. Hayden McWhorter (hayden.mcwhorter@esc4.net) and ‘cc’ Monica Smith (msmith@esc4.net) to request your Certify Teacher Extension.

For additional test practice materials, you can request access to 240 Tutoring (https://www.240tutoring.com/). Contact Dr. Hayden McWhorter (hayden.mcwhorter@esc4.net ) for this access. A $50 dollar fee will be added to your INSPIRE Texas Account.

Candidates will have access to all course materials for 3 years after pre-service training. Please review course materials as you prepare for your retest, especially English Language Arts and the concepts in the Math/Science/Social Studies Reviews.

What if I don’t pass my TExES Certification Exam the First Time?

In the event you missed two or more sections of the TExES test you will register for the whole test again, and skip the sections you have already pass and ONLY take the missing sections.

This will prevent you from wasting an attempt if taking the missing sections separately.

For example:

A candidate took the Core Subjects EC-6 (291) and obtained the following results:

English Language Arts and Reading and the Science of Teaching Reading – passedMath – failedScience – failedSocial Studies – passedFine Arts, Health and Physical Education – passed

Additional Information TExES Exam: For Core Subjects EC-6 and 4-8 Test Takers

ONLY

In the above scenario, only three sections of the test were passed, that means that the candidate will need to retake two sections (math and science). The candidate will register for the Core Subjects EC-6 (291) or Core Subjects 4-8 (211). When taking the test the candidate will skip the English language arts and answer the Math and Science, then will skip the Social studies, fine arts, health and physical education, then SUBMIT your test.

This attempt will count just as one attempt instead of two separated ones if you had taken math and science separately.

For more scenarios please carefully read the chart below.

Note: ONLY for Core Subjects EC-6

Sample Test Taking Scenarios

Allotted Times for Content Exam

Core Subject: EC-6

Core Subject: 4-8