Registering for the TExES State exam for Undergraduates
Requirements for approval to take the TExES State Exam:
Before Lamar Testing office will approve an undergraduate student to test the following information below must be met:
- A TEA # must be provided (If you do not know your TEA number, please call TEA (Texas Education Agency) support at (512) 936-8400).
- Students must pass the Lamar Proficiency exams before they can apply for approval to take the TExES state exam.
- Once you pass your Lamar Proficiency Exams or if there is not a Lamar Proficiency Exam available for your content area then you must provide a departmental approval for your content area.
- Students must meet with faculty for a test review before approval to register for the TExES state exam for more information, please contact the TExES office at texes@lamar.edu
- Once your test review is completed and verified by the faculty and the texes office the student will receive an email confirmation with the approval and instructions to register for the TExES state exam at the email address the student provided on the application.
To apply for the TExES Exam:
- Student must register for TExES state content area exam(s) and EC-12 PPR exam.
- Complete the Approval to Test for Initial Teacher Application
- Click Submit
- Questions regarding application and registration for approval to test for Initial Teacher Application can be directed to texes@lamar.edu
PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT the APPLICATION for the TExES Exams until all requirements are met:
Please Note: Because of the high volume of applicants, the TExES exam process can take approximately 2-3 weeks from the time your application is received and all requirements are verified. Please make sure all requirements are followed and met, if not this will delay the process of your TExES application.
EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2019: Undergraduates and Post-Bac Students will apply for TExES state exam following the instructions below:
Testing Fees — Effective September 1, 2018
Pending SBEC approval, test fees effective September 1, 2018 will be $116 for most TExES exams, and $58 for individual Core Subjects exams (#801-809). The Texas.gov fee will continue to be assessed. Please refer to the Registration Bulletins posted on the Pearson website.
Educator Certification Examination Retake Limit Change:
Texas Education Code §21.048 limits candidates to four attempts to retake any educator certification examination. This means that candidates are limited to a total of five attempts to pass a certification examination. The five attempts include the first attempt to pass the examination and four retakes. A subsection of the law, which currently counts all attempts of the same examination taken before September 1, 2015 as only one attempt, is set to expire. Beginning September 1, 2018, all attempts of the same examination will count toward the five-attempt testing limit regardless of when the examination was first attempted.
Note: Candidates who did not test before 09/01/2015 are not impacted by the change. All attempts have always been included in the attempt count for these candidates. For more information, please see the Educator Certification Examination Retake Limit FAQs website.
How do candidates apply for a waiver?
Candidates who reach the 5-time testing limit may apply for a test-limit waiver to attempt the examination again. Candidates must pay an application fee of $164 and complete all required components, including analysis of prior test results and completion of educational activities directly related to the candidate’s test for which he/she is applying, before test approval will be granted.
Please visit Test Waiver Information website for additional information regarding this process.
