Misuse of Praxis Scores

To: Superintendents
From: Shawn Sriver, Director, Division of Professional Standards
Date: November 3, 2006

The Division of Professional Standards has received numerous requests for individual Praxis II scores in order to verify teachers’ highly qualified (HQ) status. If a teacher has taken Praxis II in a content area and verifies that they have passed the test in that content area, they are considered highly qualified. The actual test score is irrelevant in determining whether the teacher is highly qualified. Test scores are confidential and are released only to the examinee.

Please see the attached letter provided by the Educational Testing Service stating their policy on appropriate use of test scores.