The Praxis Early Childhood: Reading and Language Arts & Social Studies subtest is designed for prospective teachers of children in prekindergarten and the lower elementary grades. The 90 selected-response questions cover the major concepts in the content areas of reading and language arts and social studies necessary to be licensed as a beginning teacher at the elementary school level.

The assessment is designed and developed through work with practicing early childhood and elementary teachers, teacher educators, higher education content specialists familiar with The Standards for the English Language Arts, published by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and the International Literacy Association (ILA), and social studies content standards developed by the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS).

The test consists of a variety of selected-response questions for which you will select one or more answer choices, and other types of questions. This test may contain some questions that will not count toward your score.