Overview of Vermont Testing Requirements
For initial licensure in Vermont, all candidates must:
- Earn a baccalaureate degree.
- Complete a state-approved educator preparation program at a college or university through a bachelor's, post-baccalaureate or master's degree program OR
- Complete Vermont's alternative licensure (Peer Review) program OR
- Meet the educator requirements under the rules of reciprocity.
- Pass the Praxis tests for their certification area.
- Submit the appropriate application forms and fees.
Special Education
The Praxis Special Education: Core Knowledge and Applications (5354) test is only required for individuals working under a provisional license issued in accordance with the 2021 Temporary VSBPE Waiver for Provisional Licensure for ECSE/K-21 Special Educators. This test is not required for any other candidate seeking Special Educator licensure through a traditional college preparation program, other approved licensure program, out-of-state educators moving to Vermont or licensed educators in Vermont seeking to add the Special Educator endorsement. If you are unsure if you are required to take this test, please verify with your employer or the Vermont Agency of Education before registering for it.
The Praxis Special Education: Preschool/Early Childhood (5691) test is only required for individuals working under a provisional license issued in accordance with the 2021 Temporary VSBPE Waiver for Provisional Licensure for ECSE/K-21 Special Educators. This test is not required for any other candidate seeking Early Childhood Special Educator (ECSE) licensure through a traditional college preparation program, other approved licensure program, out-of-state educators moving to Vermont or licensed educators in Vermont seeking to add the ECSE endorsement. If you are unsure if you are required to take this test, please verify with your employer or the Vermont Agency of Education prior to registering for it.
Other Important Information
- ETS discontinued paper-delivered testing.
- However, 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.
- If you test in Vermont at a test center or at home, and your Praxis profile address is in Vermont, your score report will be sent automatically to the Vermont Agency of Education.
- If you test outside Vermont or your Praxis profile address is not in Vermont, your scores are not automatically sent to the Vermont Agency of Education. To have your scores sent to the Vermont Agency of Education, you must select the Vermont Agency of Education (state code 8410) as a score recipient when you register.
- For all methods of Praxis testing, to request additional score reports, you must select the Vermont Agency of Education (state code 8410) with each additional score report request.
- Please check with your institution of higher education for specific testing requirements.
- Refer to Vermont's Educator Testing Requirements for complete criteria for licensure.
See also links to other Praxis web pages and resources
For more information about educator requirements in Vermont:
- Vermont: Certification website
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