Registration TExES Test Approval Requirements and Form
- Be a University of Houston-Victoria student
- Have a degree plan and all FERPA permissions filed with certification or certification plan on file in the Educator Preparation Office
- Select a test in the area that is indicated on your degree/certification on this form.
- Meet appropriate eligibility criteria for your major
TExES Academy:
The TExES Academy was established to provide University of Houston Victoria (UHV) College of Education & Health Professions students who are seeking initial Texas educator certification with information concerning the TExES, study sessions, practice tests, and study recommendations prior to taking the exam. Undergraduate and traditional Post-Bac MUST meet TExES Academy programmatic requirements in order to be approved to register for the TExES.
Graduate:
ELAS M.Ed. (All Emphases) Participants may test after completion of 24 hours of degree-plan approved coursework with permission of the program coordinator or advisor.
ELAS Certification Preparation Only (Principal & Superintendent) Participants may test after completion of 18 hours of approved coursework, or in their final semester of coursework with permission of the program coordinator or advisor.
COUN (Counselor) – after successful completion of COUN 6310, 6311, 6321, 6327, 6332, & 6333. It is highly recommended to pass the practice TExES exam before registering for the TExES exam.
CUIN (Reading Specialist) – Contact Your Faculty Advisor.
SPED (Diagnostician) – Master’s seeking students must complete 24 hours and be enrolled in or have completed SPED 6305 (practicum). Students seeking certification only must be enrolled in or have completed SPED 6305.
Undergraduate/traditional Post-Bac students:
Content Exam: Must participate in TExES Academy practice tests. If you do not have access to the TExES Academy in Canvas, please contact Dr. Moira Baldwin at baldwinmj@uhv.edu . Must have approval of TExES Academy Coordinator to register for state exams.
STR Exam: You need to score a minimum of 80% in the UHV practice test or the 240 tutoring practice test, and pass the construction-response question by UHV LITY faculty, in order to be approved to register for the STR exam.
VOICE students:
Content exam: We currently accept two ways to approve a student to register for an official certification exam: (1) scoring a minimum of 80% in all subtests of UHV practice test, OR (2) scoring a minimum of 90% in all subtests of 240 tutoring practice test.
Special notes regarding the STR exam: You need to score a minimum of 80% in the UHV practice test or 90% in 240 tutoring practice test for the multiple-choice section, and pass the construction-response question by UHV LITY faculty, in order to be approved to register for the STR exam.
Students must have approval from the VOICE Academy Coordinator or TEXES Academy Coordinator in order to take the state exam.
If you do not meet all these requirements your test registration will not be approved!
Instructions:
- Completed the online form (link at the bottom of the page).
- Once you have received an approval email from the EPO you will go online to the
Pearson Education - Texas Educator Certification Examination Program
to register and pay for your exam.
Please Note:
- You will be required to have your TEA ID number to register for exams. To obtain this number you have to create an account with TEAL Account Setup. If you already have an account then you need to log into TEA Login (TEAL) to get your TEA ID number.
- For a test registration information go to the
Pearson Education - Texas Educator Certification Examination Program - For your route to certification choose:
- Graduate: Univ Post Bac with Prep
- Post Bac: Univ Post Bac with Prep
- VOICE: Univ Post Bac
- Undergrad: Univ Initial with Prep
Incomplete forms will not be processed!