Tests

What tests do I need to take? Testing requirements are dependent on licensure type. Read more about which tests are required for a teaching license in Minnesota.

Passing requirements. Each MTLE examination includes multiple subtests. To pass an examination, candidates must pass each subtest.

Information about each test. Get specific information about a test, including when and where you can take the test, and access preparation materials by selecting the test from the following tables.

Essential Academic Skills (EAS) Test
Minnesota NES Essential Academic Skills (EAS)
Pedagogy Tests
Pedagogy: Early Childhood (Birth to Grade 3)
Pedagogy: Elementary (Grades K–6)
Pedagogy: Secondary (Grades 5–12)
Content-Area Tests
Agricultural Education (Grades 5–12)
Business (Grades 5–12)
Chemistry (Grades 9–12)
Communication Arts/Literature (Grades 5–12)
Computer, Keyboarding, and Related Technology (Grades K–12)
Dance (Grades K–12) retiring 1/9/2022
Dance (Grades K–12) for testing 1/10/2022 & after
Early Childhood Education (Birth to Grade 3)
Earth and Space Science (Grades 9–12)
Elementary Education (Grades K–6)
English as a Second Language (Grades K–12)
Family and Consumer Sciences (Grades 5–12) retiring 1/9/2022
Family and Consumer Sciences (Grades 5–12) for testing 1/10/2022 & after
Health (Grades 5–12)
Instrumental Classroom Music (Grades K–12)
Library Media Specialist (Grades K–12)
Life Science (Grades 9–12)
Mathematics (Grades 5–12)
Middle Level Communication Arts/Literature (Grades 5–8)
Middle Level Mathematics (Grades 5–8) retiring 1/9/2022
Middle Level Mathematics (Grades 5–8) for testing 1/10/2022 & after
Middle Level Science (Grades 5–8)
Middle Level Social Studies (Grades 5–8)
Physical Education (Grades K–12)
Physics (Grades 9–12)
PrePrimary (Age 3 to PreKindergarten)
Reading Teacher (Grades K–12)
Social Studies (Grades 5–12)
Special Education Core Skills (Birth to Age 21)
Technology (Grades 5–12)
Theatre (Grades K–12)
Visual Arts (Grades K–12) retiring 1/9/2022
Visual Arts (Grades K–12) for testing 1/10/2022 & after
Vocal Classroom Music (Grades K–12)
World Language and Culture: Chinese (Mandarin) (Grades K–12)
Satisfies the testing requirement for both the K–12 license and the K–8 endorsement
World Language and Culture: French (Grades K–12)
Satisfies the testing requirement for both the K–12 license and the K–8 endorsement
World Language and Culture: German (Grades K–12)
Satisfies the testing requirement for both the K–12 license and the K–8 endorsement
World Language and Culture: Spanish (Grades K–12)
Satisfies the testing requirement for both the K–12 license and the K–8 endorsement

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