Out-of-State Candidate Assessment Requirements

​All applicants who hold a professional teaching license from another state or have completed an approved teacher preparation program in another state must submit passing scores on a performance-based pedagogy assessment. If applying for one of the following areas, a reading instruction assessment is also required:

  • Early Childhood Education

  • Elementary Education

  • Special Education Infant-3rd

  • Special Education 1st-8th

  • Special Education 6th-Adult

  • ESOL PK-12

Performance-Based Pedagogy Assessment Options

Measure
​Test Code​Passing Score
edTPA
​See Handbook Alignment 
any scorable entry
PPAT
n/a
​any scorable entry
​National Board Certificate (current)
​n/a
​n/a
​Effective rating on a Maryland local school system performance evaluation
​n/a
​effective or better


Reading Instruction Assessment Options

Only required for Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Special Education, and ESOL PK-12

​Test Name ​Test Code ​Passing Score
​Pearson Foundations of Reading
​190 or 890
​240
Praxis Teaching Reading: Elementary
​5205​159
​Praxis Teaching Reading: Elementary Education (taken before September 1, 2019) ​5203​162