The Elementary Education Fundamentals tests are designed to assess whether the entry-level elementary teacher has the content knowledge that is important, necessary, and needed at time of entry to the profession to teach reading, mathematics, social studies, and science at the elementary level.

Each state may require one or more of the subject tests to support a generalist elementary school license.

The Elementary Education Fundamentals: Mathematics test measures the knowledge and skills in mathematics necessary for a beginning teacher of children in primary through upper elementary school grades. The 68 selected-response and numeric-entry questions are based on material commonly covered in a bachelor’s degree program in elementary education.

The test is not designed to be aligned with any particular school mathematics curriculum but is intended to be consistent with the recommendations of national studies on mathematics education, such as the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) K-6 Elementary Teacher Preparation Standards and the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE) Standards for Preparing Teachers of Mathematics.

Test takers will also find that approximately ten to fifteen percent of questions call for application of mathematics content and processes within a teaching scenario or an instructional task. Such questions—designed to measure applications of mathematics knowledge to the kinds of decisions and evaluations a teacher must make during work with students, curriculum, and instruction—situate mathematics content questions in tasks critical for teaching. 

An on-screen scientific calculator is provided. To ensure familiarity with the calculator’s functionality, it is recommended to practice before the test. For many questions, there may be multiple ways to arrive at the solution, so the calculator may not be necessary for all questions.

This test may contain some questions that will not count toward your score.