Overview of South Carolina Testing Requirements
For initial certification in South Carolina, all candidates must:
- Meet degree and certification requirements for their certification area.
- Pass the Principles of Learning and Teaching (PLT) test, with the exception of alternate route applicants meeting the criteria of their certification process.
- Pass the appropriate Praxis Subject Assessments required for their certification area.
- Submit the appropriate certification form and fees.
For complete information on educator certification, access the South Carolina Department of Education, Office of Educator Services certification requirements.
- If you test in South Carolina at a test center or at home, and your Praxis profile address is in South Carolina, your score report will be sent automatically to the South Carolina Department of Education.
- South Carolina Department of Education requires a full social security number. Failure to provide a full social security number will prevent the department from matching score reports in the system.
- If you test outside South Carolina or your Praxis profile address is not in South Carolina, your scores are NOT automatically sent to the South Carolina Department of Education.
- To have your scores sent to the South Carolina Department of Education, you must select the South Carolina Department of Education (state code 8108) as a score recipient when you register.
- For all methods of Praxis testing, to request additional score reports, you must select the South Carolina Department of Education (state code 8108) with each additional score report request.
- South Carolina requires a Social Security Number (SSN) in order to process educator certification paperwork. ETS does not require your SSN for its own purposes but will submit it to South Carolina with your test results. Failure to provide your SSN may delay processing of your certification application.
- ETS discontinued paper-delivered testing.
- Praxis tests will continue to be available in a paper-delivered format as required for ADA accommodations.
- All scores for previously administered paper-delivered tests are reportable for 10 years from the date the test was taken.
Program Completion Performance Assessment
The PPATยฎ Assessment has been adopted as an option for South Carolina's preparation providers to use with teacher candidates completing an approved program. If the institution chooses to use the PPAT assessment, the state will then accept a successful score for certification purposes. Only teacher candidates completing a preparation program which requires the PPAT assessment should register for this assessment.
To complete a program in
You need to take
Qualifying score
OR
An alternative state-approved performance assessment.
Links to other Praxis web pages or resources
For more information about educator requirements and certification information, please review the following resources from the South Carolina Department of Education:
Other Programs used in South Carolina
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