Licensing Examinations for an Indiana Teacher's License

Indiana Office of Educator Licensing requires licensing exams through Education Testing Services (ETS) Praxis exams. Teacher candidates need to create a DOE profile account in LVIS 360 prior to registering for any Praxis exams so that the score reports will be displayed in your licensing account. https://license.doe.in.gov/

1 - You will create an Access Indiana log in as part of this process. This same account will be used throughout your career as an educator.

Teacher candidates will need PASSING SCORES on the their appropriate content area exam(s) at Decision Point 2 (typically at end of junior year) to demonstrate their knowledge in their teaching area. Decision Point 2 also requires at least a 3.0 GPA in the major.

We highly recommend that our out of state teacher candidates should complete Indiana Praxis exams because most states require licensure in the state where they received their preparation prior to being eligible for an out of state preparation license application.

2 - Teacher candidates will create an account with ETS in order to register for the desired exams. Most exams are available in the "virtual" Praxis At Home format, but be sure your computer and internet speeds are adequate in the pre-exam tests.

MAKE SURE THAT YOU DESIGNATE THAT HANOVER COLLEGE SHOULD RECIEVE YOUR SCORE REPORTS! THIS IS CRITICAL FOR THE LICENSING ADVISOR BEING ABLE TO CODE AND APPROVE YOUR LICENSE APPLICATION, BUT IT IS EASY TO MISS and COUNTER-INTUITIVE! PLEASE REFER TO THE SCREENSHOTS BELOW TO MAKE SURE YOUR HAVE ENABLED THIS!

https://www.ets.org/praxis/site/test-takers/register/how-to-register.html

YOU WILL NEED TO CLICK ON "EDIT INFO" button as in the first screenshot. Then on the next screen, click "YES" to that you want your scores send to your attending institution and then click the SAVE CHANGES button as shown in the second screenshot.

AFTER YOU SAVE CHANGES YOUR REGISTRATION PAGE WILL SHOW "SEND SCORES- YES" NOT SELECT

If you have not taken the exam yet, you can go back and edit this choice. If you have already taken the exams, please know you will need to upload them in LVIS during the licensure process.

MAKE SURE PASSING SCORE REPORTS ARE UPLOADED IN YOUR DECISION POINT 3 TEVERA ASSIGNMENTS AS WELL!

WHAT LICENSURE TESTS DO I NEED?

The following are the current required exams for Indiana content areas:

Elementary Generalist Content Area Exams
#5006 is a combination exam that includes both 5007 and 5008 subtests - This "mega-test" is not recommended because of the length of the test all in one sitting. NOTE: The preparation materials for 5007 and 5008 exams are found under the 5006 test.

#5007 Elementary Generalist Humanities Subtest (Reading and Language Arts and Social Studies subtest)

#5008 Elementary Generalist STEM Subtest (Mathematics and Science subtest

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*Effective July 1, 2025, Indiana will also require the TEACHING READING EXAM #5205 (Science of Reading, Phonics, Phonetic Awareness) for all Elementary Education and Mild Interventions license applications. Curriculum changes have taken place for the 2024-2025 academic year for the required courses so that our 2025 and beyond program completers have the instruction needed to the required Literacy Endorsement if the applicant has passed Praxis exam #5205. We recommend taking this exam toward the end of the EDU 461 (Senior Seminar) course as the instruction on dyslexia interventions is in that course. Teachers who do not add the literacy endorsement this year will have to add it before they can renew their two-year initial teaching license, so take the exam while the content knowledge is fresh and have it out of the way!!
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Secondary Education and All Grade Content Area Exams
#5038 English Language Arts: Content Knowledge
#5641 Fine Arts: Theatre Arts
#5134 Fine Arts: Visual Arts
#5551 Health Education
#5091 Physical Education
#5246 Science: Chemistry Content Knowledge
#5571 Science: Earth Space Science Content Knowledge
#5236 Science: Life Science Biology Content Knowledge
#5265 Science: Physics Content Knowledge
#5911 Social Studies: Economics
#5931 Social Studies: Government and Political Science
#5941 Social Studies: World and US History Content Knowledge
#5391 Social Studies: Psychology
#5952 Social Studies: Sociology
#5174 World Language: French
#5183 World Language: German
#5195 World Language: Spanish

*PE/Health candidates will need BOTH the Health #5551 and the Physical Education #5091 content exams
Special Education Content Exams (this is required only for those who are doing a dual student teaching assignment and seeking licensure in Special Education (Mild Interventions).

#5355 Special Education Foundational Knowledge Content Area Exam

DECISION POINT 3 REQUIRED LICENSURE EXAMS
Pedagogy Exams (only ONE is needed)
#5622 Principles of Learning and Teaching for Elementary Education Grades K-6
#5624 Principles of Learning and Teaching for Secondary Education Grades 5-12
#5625 Principles of Learning and Teaching for All Grade Education Grades P-12

(#5625 is required for Special Education/Mild Interventions Dual Certification and for areas with all grade licensure options (PE/Health, Arts, World Languages, etc.)

AGAIN - Note that SPED licensure requires the successful passing of the P-12 PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING AND TEACHING Pedagogy Exam - even if the candidate is also Elementary Education or Secondary Education. Only ONE pedagogy exam is required.
The Early Literacy Endorsement is required for all initial teacher licensure in Elementary Education or Special Education AFTER JUNE 30, 2025. Our 2025 and beyond graduates have the required coursework to qualify but must pass the Reading Praxis exam as well.

#5205 Teaching of Reading (Based on The Science of Reading)

*Renewals in licensure after June 30 2027 must have the early literacy endorsement (Reading praxis plus Keys to Literacy Professional Development via IDOE or the Indiana Learning Lab.

Our experience tells us that all candidates do require intense test preparation to pass these comprehensive exams. Secondary Candidates may even need much more or additional content knowledge than that which was obtained in completion of your major. Other than the Elementary Education major and Special Ed program, the content area majors are not aligned to the Praxis Licensure exams although a Curriculum Crosswalk documents are being prepared for all content area majors at Hanover College. Be prepared to "teach yourself" some of the content that will be on the exam and carefully choose your major coursework to give you broad knowledge of your content area.

USE THE FREE PRAXIS EXAM STUDY COMPANION AND THE FREE STUDY PLAN FOR YOUR CONTENT AREA AND PEDAGOGY EXAMS, AS WELL AND THE FREE PRACTICE TEST AVAILABLE TO YOU AFTER YOU HAVE REGISTERED FOR THE EXAM VIA ETS.

OTHER PRAXIS EXAM PRACTICE TESTS AND STUDY TOOLS ARE AVAILABLE ARE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE. MAKE CERTAIN THE PREP MATCHES THE TEST NUMBERS LISTED ABOVE!
Licensing Additions by Test Only
After receiving a teacher's license in the content area of your major, Indiana teachers may add other content areas to their existing licenses by passing the content area exam for that subject and applying for a license addition via LVIS 360. This is especially useful for adding other areas in Social Studies or expanding your Elementary Education license to a middle school content area like Math or English.

Elementary Education, Art, Theatre, and Special Education CANNOT BE ADDED BY TEST ONLY.
Please note that content area additions by exam only may or may not be valid in states outside of Indiana.

FREE Preparation materials are available for EVERY EXAM from Praxis!

Visit:
https://www.ets.org/praxis/prepare/materials

Samples:

5006 Elementary Education Combined Study Companion

5006 Elementary Education Combined Study Plan

Praxis also provides free preparation webinars!

When you have PURCHASED your exam, you will receive an interactive practice test.

***** The serial number on your receipt is needed to log in to the free Praxis practice test and is good for 90 days from the first use.

Successful test takers have let us know that these practice exams are very close to the actual exams.

There are also workbooks, flashcards, etc. available on Amazon from third party sources like Mometrix and Trivium, 240 Tutoring, Study.com and others that are available for purchase. Also 240 Tutoring https://www.240tutoring.com/ offers a "money back" guarantee and and even YouTube has some videos for exam prep.

*** Reimbursement of the cost for Licensure Exams may be available through the Spicer Phillips Endowment!

Student may apply on MY HANOVER for one-time reimbursement for each licensure test. You will need to have downloaded your score report PDF and a PDF of your receipt(s) from ETS to upload it into the SP application.

NOTE; MUST BE PDF FORMAT

Academics tab>Academic Programs>Education Program > Spicer Phillips Grant Application

R based on your FAFSA status, but most students do qualify. You do not have to pass the test to obtain reimbursement but you will only be reimbursed once per test needed.

NO REIMBURSEMENT/FINANCIAL AID VIA SPICER PHILLIPS IS AVAILABLE FOR GRADUATES, SO DO SUBMIT THIS APPLICATION WELL BEFORE COMMENCEMENT!!

All senior candidates should make certain to:

- Create your licensure profile on the DOE licensing portal (LVIS 360) so that test scores are linked to your profile - this also includes creating an ACCESS INDIANA log in. https://license.doe.in.gov/
- be sure to indicate that Hanover College should be a score recipient - watch for that SELECT box and click YES! receives.
- If you take the Praxis exams and live out of state you need to indicate that the state of INDIANA should also receive your score reports. Indiana's code is 7945
- Do not apply/pay for the license until you have graduated, passed all required Praxis exams, have your CPR and SPT certificates!
- Use the same name when registering for any of the Praxis tests and ensure you have your social security number correct for all registrations and in LVIS so these link up.
- Make certain you have downloaded your passing score reports and back those up in a few different locations because after three years you will have to pay quite a bit to obtain these from ETS for applying to another state for teacher licensing. Tevera is a lifetime subscription so uploading the score reports and the EPP requires the upload of scorer reports into Decision Point 2/3 assignments. Drop Box, One Drive and Google Docs are other good locations.

See the LICENSING TIPS at the top left navigation tab for even more information from Hanover College Educator Preparation Program (EPP). Individualized help is available from your Education Student Services Coordinator/ Licensing Advisor, Cheryl Torline torline@hanover.edu

https://study.com/praxis/index.html

Study.com offers a free trial!

Click the link to review the 240-Tutoring-Testing-Approach-2020.pdf

240 Tutoring also offers paid subscription based test preparation and practice tests. $39.99 per month includes all access to all their test prep areas including 5006 (5007/5008)

Theses are two of the highly recommended subscription services use by our students to prepare for tests, but there are multiple tools out there including workbooks (WE LIKE MOMETRICS) etc. but be sure to verify you buy the ones that match the Indiana test numbers!!

LIB-GUIDES Tools available via Duggan Library

Try this link: https://www.learningexpresshub.com/ProductEngine/LELIndex.html#/collection/learningexpresslibrary/search-results/praxis/0

https://www.learningexpresshub.com/ProductEngine/LELIndex.html#/center/learningexpresslibrary/career-center/home/prepare-for-teaching-exams

And you can access the Learning Express Library from library Databases A-Z list: https://libguides.hanover.edu/az.php?a=l

Get in touch with Heather Loehr at the Duggan Library and and she can help!

PRAXIS AT HOME TIPS

Praxis at Home is a great thing that came about during the Covid Pandemic BUT - make sure you have done all the pre-test checks prior to your exam and make adjustments as needed to avoid your test being invalidated and having to re-test.

FREE Preparation materials are available for EVERY EXAM from Praxis!

Visit:https://www.ets.org/praxis/prepare/materials

Samples:

***** The serial number on your receipt is needed to log in to the free Praxis practice test and is good for 90 days from the first use.

NOTE; MUST BE PDF FORMAT Academics tab>Academic Programs>Education Program > Spicer Phillips Grant ApplicationR based on your FAFSA status, but most students do qualify. You do not have to pass the test to obtain reimbursement but you will only be reimbursed once per test needed.

PRAXIS AT HOME TIPS

https://praxis.ets.org/test-takers/at-home-test-equipment.html

Visit:
https://www.ets.org/praxis/prepare/materials

NOTE; MUST BE PDF FORMAT

Academics tab>Academic Programs>Education Program > Spicer Phillips Grant Application

R based on your FAFSA status, but most students do qualify. You do not have to pass the test to obtain reimbursement but you will only be reimbursed once per test needed.