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The certification examinations you are required to take depends on the type of teacher certificate you are pursuing. Click on the link below to select your certificate program and review the exams required [Click here.].

However, for most Initial Certification programs, you will be required to take the following exams:

1. Educating All Students (EAS)
2. Content Specialty Test (CST) in your subject content area.
3. EdTPA (Educator Teacher Performance Assessment) in your subject content area),

[A student is only required to complete ONE edTPA Assessment, hence, if a second certification is being pursued, the first edTPA Assessment completed by the student satisfies that requirement and another edTPA Assessment is not required.]

Begin your preparation for testing by first reviewing a description of the test, the test objectives, and test exemplars. This information can be found on the New York State Teacher Certification Exam (NYSTCE] website [Click here fo the information.]. 

Additional review resources, workshop and exam monitoring click on the link below [Click here.]

You can locate information about workshops for the teacher certification examinations at this link [click here]

One of the resources recommended with practicing questions for the various teacher certification examinations is the ‘Mometrix Test Preparation Guides’. The review guides come in various formats to accommodate varying learning styles. However, they include test banks for the different subject area tests. Check this site for information on the material, as well as its cost. 

You must sign up at the NYSTCE website (www.nystce.nesinc.com) for the teacher certification examinations.

It should take approximately four (4) weeks to obtain the results of a test. You should receive an email message from National Evaluation Systems (NES), the testing agency, alerting you that the results would be available soon. Remember to keep a digital copy of the results for your future reference.

All undergraduate education students are required to take the SEAT examinations. If you are unsure whether this applies to you, you check with the Office of Admissions and Student Services [click here.]

The SEAT exam has two components: Part I Consist of twenty (2) multiple choice questions (History and Social Science, Communication Skills, Math, and Science), and Part II A writing component. The writing assignment requires writing two responses reacting to two text and one chart/graphic prompts.

The time for the SEAT examination is three (3) hours.

The passing score for the SEAT examination is 57.

Students are required to pass the writing component of the test. Therefore, if a student achieves an overall test score of over 57 (e.g. 60), but the writing score is below passing (e.g. 40) then the student must retake the written essay.

Review materials to prepare for the SEAT examination can be obtained at SEAT Examinations

The SEAT examination is offered about three (3) or four (4) times per semester. At a minimum, it is offered once per month, and usually on a Friday.

Efforts are being made to have the results of the exam available within three weeks of taking the test.

After the schedule for the test is published you can access it here (click here-schedule); and also you can sign up for the test here (click here-signup).