Disability Accommodations
ETS is committed to reasonable and appropriate accommodations for test takers with disabilities or health-related needs.
Review the list of commonly requested testing accommodations to determine which accommodations you’ll need. If an accommodation you need isn’t listed, you may enter it under "Other" on the Testing Accommodations Request Form in the Bulletin Supplement.
Important Notice
If you have a health-related need that requires you to bring equipment, beverages, or snacks into the testing room (or if you need to take extra or extended breaks), follow the accommodations request procedures in the Bulletin Supplement.
The following accommodations are available for Praxis test takers:
- Extended testing time
- Additional rest breaks
- Separate testing room
- Writer/recorder of answers
- Test reader
- Sign language interpreter for spoken directions only
- Perkins Brailler
- Braille slate and stylus
- Printed copy of spoken directions
- Oral interpreter
- Audio test
- Braille test
- Large print test book (14 pt.)
- Large print answer sheet
- Listening section omitted
This section gives you an overview of how to request accommodations for Praxis tests. You must submit your request and have your accommodations approved by ETS Disability Services before you can schedule your test.
If you are unable to submit a valid Certification of Eligibility: Accommodations History Form (COE) or evidence of accommodations approval from ETS or another standardized testing agency, please review our Disability Documentation Guidelines for more information.
You may submit your request for accommodations online via your Praxis account, via mail, or via email.
To submit your request for Accommodations online:
Log into your Praxis account to submit your request online. If you don’t have an account, you’ll need to create one first. Once logged in, select the Accommodations link to begin your request. Once submitted you may also check the status of your application through your Praxis account.
To submit your request for accommodations via email:
Important Notice
Don't include credit card information on your registration form when submitting via email. Once your application has been received, you'll receive an email with instructions regarding payment.
- Download and print the appropriate registration form for your program or fill it out electronically.
- Download the Bulletin Supplement and print the Testing Accommodations Request Form or fill it out electronically.
- Complete all documents.
- Scan the registration form, the testing accommodations request form and disability documentation (if required) or convert them into an electronic format.
- Attach all documents to the email.
- Send email to disability.reg@ets.org.
To submit your request for accommodations via mail:
Importance notice
Don't include credit card information on your registration form when submitting via email. Once your application has been received, you'll receive an email with instructions regarding payment.
Include the following documents:
- the registration form
- Testing Accommodations Request Form
- disability documentation, if applicable
Send all completed forms and documentation to:
Mail: ETS Disability Services; P.O. Box 6054; Princeton, NJ 08541-6054 USA
Courier Service: ETS Disability Services; 225 Phillips Boulevard; Ewing, NJ 08618-1426 USA
If you have previously received accommodations from ETS and your accommodations approval is still current, you may request the same accommodations again without providing disability documentation. The accommodations ETS previously approved for you will be approved again if they are appropriate for the current test.
If you have received testing accommodations on another standardized test such as the ACT®, SAT®, GMAT®, LSAT® and/or MCAT®, etc., you may request the same accommodations for an ETS test by submitting a copy of your approval letter. No disability documentation is required. The accommodations approved for you by another testing agency will be granted if they do not violate test construct or test security.
You may expedite the processing of your request by submitting only:
- Parts I and II of the Applicant Request for Testing Accommodations form, found in the Bulletin Supplement for Test Takers with Disabilities or Health-related Needs
- the test program's registration form
- approval letter from another standardized testing agency (for non-ETS tests)
ETS will send you an approval letter confirming the accommodations which have been approved for you. The approval letter will also outline how to register for a test with accommodations.
Don’t schedule to take a computer-delivered test until you receive your approval letter. You should follow the instructions on your approval letter for scheduling and registering for a test.
If you’ve been approved for the following accommodations, you can register for and schedule your test online through your Praxis account. You don’t need to complete and submit the Test Authorization Voucher Request Form.
- Extended time
- Extended breaks
- Screen magnification
- Selectable foreground and background colors
Retaking the same test
- If you were previously approved for accommodations on a Praxis test, review the approval letter to determine if your accommodations approval has expired. If it hasn’t, you may re-register for the same test by following the directions in the letter.
- If you need to re-register for a test with the same test name, but the test code has changed, contact ETS Disability Services at disability.reg@ets.org for approval before registering for the test.
Taking a different test
- If you’ve already been approved for accommodations on a Praxis test, and you want to use the same accommodations for a Praxis test with a different test name and test code, submit the following documents to ETS Disability Services at disability.reg@ets.org for review and approval before registering for the test: a)Parts I and II of the Testing Accommodations Request Form (PDF); and b) The Test Authorization Voucher Request Form (PDF).
Extended test time for test takers whose primary language isn’t English (PLNE).
More information is found in the Praxis Information Bulletin. ETS requires that test takers submit:
- Certification of Documentation: This form must be completed by a qualified professional (ESL teacher, foreign language department head, etc.) who attests to the fact that the test taker’s primary language is not English (page 32)
- Eligibility Form: This form must be completed by the test taker (page 33)
- Test Authorization Voucher Request Form: This form is also completed by the test taker and provides ETS with key information needed to fulfill the request (e.g., the test taker’s identifying information and the tests needed) (page 31)
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