New Jersey Praxis tests and scores

Which New Jersey Praxis test do you need?

The New Jersey Department of Education says these follow regulations in effect as of January 2025 and can change without notice. Its list also has Teaching Reading: K-12 (5206) at 159.

Some fields are exempt from a Subject Assessment, per ETS: agriculture, bilingual/bicultural education, English as a second language, other world languages, health education, military science, psychology and special education.

The GPA flexibility rule

New Jersey wants a GPA of at least 3.00 (2.75 if you graduated before September 1, 2016). With a GPA of 2.75 to 2.99 you can still qualify if your Praxis score is 10% above the passing score; with 3.50 or higher, a score 5% below it is accepted. For Art: Content Knowledge (5134), that’s 158 to pass, 174 at +10% and 150 at -5%, per the department’s table.

Basic skills for the limited certificates

Where basic skills still apply, the department lists 156 in Core Reading, 162 in Writing and 150 in Math. The 2024 law that ended the general requirement is A1669/P.L.2024, c.26.

Sending scores to New Jersey

If you test in New Jersey with a New Jersey profile address, your scores go to the department automatically. Otherwise choose code 7666. ETS says you need your Social Security number at registration.