Alaska Administrative Code
Title 4 - Education and Early Development
Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers
4 AAC 12.407 - Content area examinations

Universal Citation: 4 AK Admin Code 4 AAC 12.407

Current through November 28, 2024

(a) A teacher may satisfy the content area testing requirements of 4 AAC 12.305(a), (b), and (c), 4 AAC 12.393, and 4 AAC 12.395 by achieving the required score or higher on one of the following:

(1) a Praxis II examination described in the following table:
(1) a Praxis II examination described in the following table:

Praxis II Examination

Required Score

Early Childhood Education - 5025

156

Elementary Education Content Knowledge - 5014 or 0014

143

Elementary Education: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment - 5011 or 0011

156

Multiple Subject Assessments for Teachers Content Knowledge - 0140

146

Elementary Education: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment - 5017

153

Elementary Education: Content Knowledge - 5018

163

English to Speakers of Other Languages - 5362

155

Special Education: Core Knowledge and Applications - 5354

151

Special Education: Preschool/Early Childbood - 5691

159

Teaching Reading: Elementary Education - 5203

162

Teaching Reading - 5204

159

Teaching Reading: Elementary - 5205

159

Teaching; Reading: Elementary - 5206

156

(2) the Praxis II examination in the Elementary Education: Multiple Subjects - 5001 with the required scores or higher on each of the subtests described in the following table:

Elementary Education: Multiple Subjects Subtests

Required Scores

Elementary Education: Reading and Language Arts Subtest - 5002

157

Elementary Education: Mathematics Subtest - 5003

157

Elementary Education: Social Studies Subtest - 5004

155

Elementary Education: Science Subtest - 5005

159

(3) the Pearson Foundation of Reading content examination with a required score of 240.

(b) A teacher may satisfy the content area testing requirements of 4 AAC 04.210(c)(1), 4 AAC 12.305(a), (b), and (c), 4 AAC 12.395, and 4 AAC 12.396 by achieving a score of 140 or higher on the Praxis II examination for Middle School Content Knowledge.

(c) A teacher may satisfy the content area testing requirements of 4 AAC 04.210(d)(6), 4 AAC 12.305(a), (b), and (c), 4 AAC 12.395, and 4 AAC 12.396 by achieving the required score or higher on a Praxis II examination for one or more of the subject or endorsement areas described in the following table:

Praxis II Examination

Required Score

Middle School English Language Arts - 5049 or 0049

154

Middle School English Language Arts - 5047

164

Middle School Mathematics - 0069

145

Middle School Mathematics - 5169

165

Middle School Mathematics - 5169

136

Middle School Science - 5440

150

Middle School Social Studies - 5089 or 0089

149

(d) A teacher may satisfy the content area testing requirements of 4 AAC 04.210(d)(6) and (7), 4 AAC 12.305(a), (b), and (c), 4 AAC 12.395, and 4 AAC 12.396 by achieving the required score or higher on a Praxis II examination for one or more of the subject or endorsement areas described in the following table:

Praxis II Examination

Required Score

Agriculture - 5701

147

Algebra - 5162

157

Art Content Knowledge - 0133

155

Art Content Knowledge - 5134 or 0134

158

Biology Content Knowledge - 5235 or 0235

144

Chemistry Content Knowledge - 5245 or 0245

139

Chinese (Mandarin): World Language - 5665

164

Computer Science - 5651

171

Earth and Space Science Content Knowledge - 5571 or 0571

144

Economics - 0910

460

Economics - 5911 or 0911

150

English Language, Literature, and Composition: Content Knowledge - 5041 or 0041

158

English: Content Knowledge - 5038

167

English Language Arts: Content and Analysis - 5039

168

English Language, Literature, and Composition: Content and Analysis - 5044 or 0044

166

French Content Knowledge - 0173

160

French World Language - 5174

162

General Science: Content Knowledge - 5435 or 0435

146

General Science: Content Knowledge, Part 1 - 0431 and Part 2 - 0432

Part 1: 146

Part 2: 144

Geography - 0920

590

Geography- 5921 or 0921

149

Journalism - 5223

150

German Content Knowledge - 0181

158

German World Language - 5183

163

Government/Political Science - 0930

610

Government/Political Science - 5931 or 0931

149

Journalism - 5223

150

Mathematics Content Knowledge - 5061 or 0061

121

Mathematics Content Knowledge - 5161

160

Music: Content and Instruction - 5114

162

Musical Content Knowledge - 5113 or 0113

154

Physical Education: Content and Design - 5095

169

Physical Science Content Knowledge - 0481

145

Physics Content Knowledge - 5265 or 0265

127

Psychology - 5931

154

Social Studies: Content and Interpretation - 5086

153

Social Studies Content Knowledge - 5081 or 0081

152

Sociology -5952

154

Spanish Content Knowledge - 0191

152

Spanish World Language - 5195

168

Speech Communication - 0220

560

Speech Communication - 5221 or 0221

146

Theatre - 0640

560

Theatre - 5641 or 0641

127

World and U.S. History- 0940

440

World and U.S. History- 5941 or 0941

141

(e) A teacher may satisfy the content area testing requirements of 4 AAC 04.210 ( d)(8), 4 AAC 12.305(a), (b), and (c), 4 AAC 12.395, and 4 AAC 12.396 for world languages by achieving a score of advanced low-level or higher on the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Written Proficiency Test examination and a score of advanced low-level or higher on the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Oral Proficiency Review examination, for the language on which the teacher was examined If an American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages examination is offered only in Written Proficiency Test form or only in Oral Proficiency Review form, and if an alternate examination is not available for the same language under (d) of this section, the teacher meets the testing requirements if the teacher achieves the score set out in this subsection for the test that is available.

(f) A teacher may satisfy the content area testing requirements of 4 AAC 12.305(a), (b), and (c), 4 AAC 12.395, and 4 AAC 12.396 by achieving the required score or higher on a Praxis II examination described in the following table:

Praxis II examination

Required score

Business education - 0100

620

Business education - 5101 or 0101

154

Family and consumer science - 0120

610

Family and consumer science -5121 or 0121

164

Family & consumer science - 5122

153

Fundamental subjects: content knowledge - 5511

150

Health education - 5551 or 0551

155

Health education - 5550 or 0550

670

Health and physical education - 5856 or 0856

152

Health and physical education: content Knowledge - 5857

160

Physical education - 5091 or 0091

146

Social sciences: content knowledge - 0951

161

Technology education - 0050

630

Technology education - 0051 or 5051

159

Vocational general knowledge - 0890

640

(g) The department will review a content area examination identified in this section at, least once every three years under 4 AAC 12.409(a).

(h) The department will reevaluate a required score for a content area examination identified in this section at least once every five years under 4 AAC 12.409(b).

(i) In this section, "required score" means a passing score representing the minimum acceptable level of performance on an examination.

Authority:AS 14.07.020

AS 14.07.060

AS 14.20.010

AS 14.20.020

AS 14.20.022

AS 14.50.080

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