Basic Competency Examination Requirement - Education and Early Development (2024)

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The exams listed below meet the basic competency exam requirement for teacher certification in Alaska. You must have a passing score for reading, writing and mathematics. Scores from exams with a reading, a writing, and a math section that have distinct qualifying scores may be combined to form a set of passing scores.

A score report for a basic competency exam must be submitted with your application or be on file with the Teacher Certification Office. If a score report is not available from the testing organization, a letter from a college, university or state agency that has previously received the score report may be substituted. The letter must be written on letterhead and list the sub scores of the reading, writing and math portions of the exam.

If you do not have passing scores on one of the exams below, but you have a current and valid teaching certificate issued by another state (United States only), you may qualify for an Out-of-State Initial teaching certificate that can be valid for up to three years. The application for an Out-of-State Initial teaching certificate is be located at Applications for Teaching Certificates.

Please note that there will be more changes posted to this website coming soon—by early July 2023.

Passing scores for each of the reading, English language skills, and math tests for the Florida Teacher Certification Exams must be submitted with the application for Initial teacher certification (the GK test is not the same as the CLAST). Applicants may submit a copy of an examinee score report showing passing scores.

Passing scores for the reading, writing, and math tests for the Georgia Assessments for the Certification of Educators must be submitted with the application for Initial teacher certification. Applicants may submit a copy of an examinee score report showing passing scores.

A scaled score of 220 is the passing score for each of the reading, writing, and math tests for the Michigan Test for Teacher Certification (MTTC). Applicants must submit a copy of an examinee score report showing passing scores at the time of application.

A score of 235 must be obtained on each section of the CBASE to pass (English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies). If you fail one or more components, you can retake those components as many times as necessary within a two-year period. You will be required to pay the test fee again. If, after two years, you have not passed all components, you must retake the entire exam.

Basic Competency Examination Requirement - Education and Early Development (2024)
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