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Testing vendors administer tests. You must have the approval to test unless you are a��Pre-Admission Content Test (PACT) candidate.

• 2019-20��Texas Educator Certification Tests with Test Codes��(updates coming soon)
• Test Approval��

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Testing Vendors

There are currently three��testing vendors for obtaining Texas certification.

Pearson

��administers the Texas Examinations of Educator Standards (TExES), the American Association of��Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS), the TX PACT (Pre-Admission content test), the edTPA pilot exams, and the Texas Assessment of Sign Communications (TASC and TASC-ASL).

• ��provide rules and procedures related to testing, registration, and score reporting.
• ��provide��test information, sample questions, and general test-taking strategies.
• ��are available for��those needing special testing accommodations.

Phone, email, and chat support are available through the Pearson Customer Contact Center using the information found on the .

The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

), through its testing division , administers tests in a number of languages for Texas teachers, for use with Bilingual Education and Languages Other Than English (LOTE) certificates. Each language certificate requires an Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) and a Writing Proficiency Test (WPT). LTI cannot send scores to ������ϲʿ������2023 for exams that are older than five years.

The Oral Proficiency Interview by Computer (OPIc) will not be accepted in place of the OPI.

Call LTI at 1-800-486-8444 for registration assistance.

Applicants needing to take a PACT exam in Arabic, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, or Vietnamese must have an EPP submit their request to ������ϲʿ������2023 through the .

ETS

��administers the .

• about the PASL are available.
• ��include a , , , , , , and more��that are valuable resources for completing the assessment.
• are available for��test takers with disabilities or health-related needs.
• Out of State candidates will be asked to select an Educator Preparation Program during registration. ��Select “Texas” from the Select State drop-down list and then select the “Prepared Out of State (TX) (6918)” listing from the Educator Preparation Program drop-down list.

Call ETS at 1-855-628-5088 for assistance. You can also email ETS at pasl@ets.org.