History Department
Decision Point 4 Requirements

 

Teacher Education Decision Point 4

(A) Overall GPA of at least 2.5 in all courses

(B) Completion of all content area courses with at least 2.5 GPA and 2.5 in sub-areas.

(C) Completion of degree requirements.

(D) Satisfactory completion of the following Praxis II subject assessment (The current passing score is 147)

Test Name

Social Studies: Content Knowledge

Test Code

0081

Number of Questions

130

Time

2 hours

Format

Multiple-choice questions

Content Categories

Approximate Number of Questions

Approximate Percentage of Examination

I.

United States History.

29

22 %

II.

World History

29

22 %

III.

Government/Civics/Political Science

21

16 %

IV.

Geography

19

15 %

V.

Economics

19

15 %

VI.

Behavioral Sciences

13

10 %

NOTE: You must personally contact ETS to register for the exam.  Information regarding registration and testing sites and dates is available at  http://www.ets.org/praxis/prxreg.html  A description of the exam (with a few sample questions) is available at http://www.ets.org/Media/Tests/PRAXIS/pdf/0081.pdf