Tennessee Test Requirements for Teacher Certification: Effective: September 1, 2007
| Specialty Area Tests - Click on Test number to get ETS Booklet |
| TN Code | Endorsement Area | Test | Test Title | Passing |
| 480 | Administrator
(Beginning Administrator) A | 1010 | School Leader Licensure Assessment | 156 |
| 481 | Administrator
(Beginning Administrator) B | 1010 | School Leader Licensure Assessment | 156 |
| 448 | Agriculture | 0700 | Agriculture | 530 |
| 427 | Art | 0133 | Art: Content Knowledge | 150 |
| 0132 | Choice: Art: Content Traditions, Criticism & Aesthetics | 140 |
| 0131 | Or: Art: Art Making | 155 |
| 415 ** | Biology | 0235 | Biology: Cont. Knowledge Pt 1 | 148 |
| 0233 | Choice: Biology: Content Essays | 146 |
| 0433 | Or: Gen Sci: Content Essays | 130 |
| 474 | Business Education | 0100 | Business Education | 570 |
| 416 ** | Chemistry | 0245
0431 | Chemistry: Content Knowledge
Gen Sci: Content Knowledge Part 1 | 152
145 |
469
497 | Early Childhood Ed PreK-3
Early Childhood Ed PreK-4 | 0021 | Education of Young Children | 155 |
| 0014 | Elementary School: Content Knowledge | 140 |
| 0201 | Reading Across Curriculum: Elementary | 151 |
| 418 ** | Earth Science | 0571
0431 | Earth Science: Content Knowledge
Gen Sci: Content Knowledge Part 1 | 146
145 |
| 424 | Economics | 0910 | Economics | 530 |
402
499 | Elementary (K-6)
Elementary (K-8) | 0011 | Elementary Educ Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment | 159 |
| 0201 | Reading Across Curriculum: Elementary | 151 |
| 0014 | Choice: Elementary School: Content Knowledge | 140 |
| 0146 | Or: Middle School: Content Knowledge | 150 |
| 407 | English | 0041
0043 | Lang., Lit., Comp.: Content Knowledge
Lang., Lit., Comp.: Pedagogy | 157
145 |
| 490 | English as a 2nd Language | 0360 | English as a 2nd Language | 530 |
| 450 | Family & Consumer Science
(Home Economics) | 0120 | Home Economics Education | 580 |
411
491 | French (7-12)
French (PreK-12) | 0173
0171 | French: Content Knowledge
French: Productive Language Skills | 160
165 |
| 422 | Geography | 0920 | Geography | 580 |
412
492 | German (7-12)
German (PreK-12) | 0181 | German: Content Knowledge | 149 |
| 423 | Government | 0930 | Government/Political Science | 600 |
| 419 | Health | 0550 | Health Education | 570 |
| 421 | History | 0941 | World and U.S. History | 136 |
410
493 | Latin (7-12)
Latin (PreK-12) | 0600 | Latin | 540 |
| 473 | Library Media Specialist | 0310 | Library Media Specialist | 600 |
| 472 | Marketing | 0560 | Marketing Education | 640 |
| 413 | Mathematics | 0061
0065 | Mathematics: Content Knowledge
Mathematics: Pedagogy | 136
125 |
| 400 | Middle Grades 5-8 | 0146
0201 | Middle School: Content Knowledge
Reading Across Curriculum: Elementary | 150
151 |
428
429 | Music (Vocal/Gen)
Music (Instrumental) | 0111
0113 | Music: Concepts and Processes
Music: Content Knowledge | 145
150 |
| 420 ** | Physical Education | 0091
0092 | P.E.: Content Knowledge
P.E.: Move., Forms A & D | 152
148 |
| 417 | Physics | 0265 | Physics: Content Knowledge | 144 |
| 0262 | Choice: Physics: Content Essays | 135 |
| 0433 | Or: Gen Sci: Content Essays | 130 |
| 426 | Psychology | 0390 | Psychology | 560 |
| 486 * | Reading Specialist | 0300 | Reading Specialist | 510 |
| 487 * | School Counselor PreK-12 | 0420 | Sch. Guid. And Counseling | 580 |
| 489 | School Psychologist | 0400 | School Psychologist | 590 |
| 425 | Sociology | 0950 | Sociology | 540 |
409 ***
495 | Spanish (7-12)
Spanish (PreK-12) | 0191
0192 | Spanish: Content Knowledge
Spanish: Prod. Language Skills | 152
154 |
| 461 *** | SPED-Comprehensive | 0353 | Education of Exceptional Student: Core Content Knowledge | 144 |
| 0544 | Special Education: Severe to Profound | 155 |
| 0201 | Reading Across Curriculum: Elementary | 151 |
| 459 *** | SPED-ECE PreK-3 | 0353 | Education of Exceptional Student:
Core Content Knowledge | 144 |
| 0690 | Sp. Ed.: Preschool/ECE | 560 |
| 0201 | Reading Across Curriculum: Elementary | 151 |
| 463 *** | SPED-Hearing | 0353 | Education of Exceptional Student: Core Content Knowledge | 144 |
| 0271 | Ed. of Deaf & Hard of Hearing Students | 163 |
| 0201 | Reading Across Curriculum: Elementary | 151 |
| 460 *** | SPED-Modified | 0353 | Education of Exceptional Student: Core Content Knowledge | 144 |
| 0542 | Mild to Moderate Disabilities | 164 |
| 0201 | Reading Across Curriculum: Elementary | 151 |
| 498 ** | SPED-Speech/Language | 0330 | Speech/Lang. Pathology | 600 |
| 462 | SPED-Vision | 0353 | Education of Exceptional Student: Core Content Knowledge | 144 |
| 0280 | Teaching Students with Visual Impair. | 700 |
| 0201 | Reading Across Curriculum: Elementary | 151 |
| 408 | Speech | 0220 | Speech Communications | 570 |
| 470 | Technology Education | 0050 | Technology Education | 580 |
| 405 | Theatre | 0640 | Theatre | 610 |
| * Exemption from (PLT): Candidates for the following areas are only required to complete the appropriate Specialty Area Test: School Counselor PreK-12, School Psychologist, and Speech/Language Pathology. |
| ** Candidates who have already completed test modules specified for one science area, including Earth Science and General Science, will be required to take only the content knowledge exam for endorsement in an additional science area. |
| *** Candidates who are adding an endorsement in Special Education to a license that has an existing Special Education endorsement need to take only the Specialty Test for the Special Education area, not the Education of Exceptional Students: Core Content Knowledge (Test #0353). Candidates adding endorsements 460 Special Education Modified and 461 Special Education Comprehensive to a license with an existing Special Education endorsement are not required to take the core test. |
