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 February 27, 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:

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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Alaska Administrative CodeTitle 4 - Education and Early DevelopmentChapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers4 AAC 12.407 - Content area examinations

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