Texas Examinations of Educator Standards (TExES)
New Certificates and Required Certification Tests

(up-to-date as of October, 2009)

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Certificate Level 

(EC-4, 4-8, 8-12, & EC-12)

Certificate Name

(Content Area)

Texas Examinations
of Educator Standards (TExES)

New TExES certificates continue to be approved by SBEC.  When new certificates are adopted, we will post them on our website.  (Note:  PPR stands for Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities, which makes up the companion pedagogy test to each content teaching certificate.) 

Early Childhood – Grade 6

Generalist

(Test offered in summer 2009)

Test 194 – PPR EC-6

Test 191-Generalist EC-6

Early Childhood – Grade 6

Bilingual Generalist Spanish

(Test offered in fall 2000)

Test 193 – Bilingual Generalist Spanish EC-6

Test 190 – Bilingual Target Language Proficiency Test(BTLPT)

Grades 4th – 8th

Bilingual Supplemental (languages other than Spanish and French)

(Test offered in March 2009)

Test 190 – Bilingual Target Language Proficiency Test (BTLPT)

Early Childhood - 12th Grade

Spanish

Test 613 – LOTE - Spanish

Test 160 – PPR EC-12