Requirements/New York
High School English Teacher in New York.
Two exams.
- Exams
- 2
- Passing
- 520
- Certificate
- English Language Arts (Grades 7-12)
The exams you have to pass
In the order most candidates take them.
01
NYSTCE Educating All Students (EAS)201
Required for every New York classroom certificate.
Pass520
02
NYSTCE English Language Arts CST003
Pass520
What people get wrong
Each of these costs a candidate either money or a test date.
- edTPA is no longer required. New York’s Board of Regents eliminated it on 27 April 2022 and moved the performance assessment into preparation programs. Much of the web still says otherwise.
- The English Language Arts CST (003) is the secondary subject test. Do not confuse it with Multi-Subject Part One, which is also literacy and English language arts but belongs to the childhood battery.
Required, but not an exam
- A bachelor’s degree and a registered preparation program, or an approved alternative route
- A teacher performance assessment, now embedded in the program rather than sat as a state exam
- DASA training, Child Abuse Identification, and School Violence Prevention (SAVE)
- Fingerprint clearance and a TEACH account
Now go pass them.
Knowing the list is the easy part. Built To Pass teaches the strategy layer that works on any of these, aimed at the domains where you are actually losing points.
Start with your examVerified 2026-08-04 against NYSED Office of Teaching Initiatives and NYSTCE (nystce.nesinc.com). Certification rules change by state board vote. Confirm with the state before you register for a test.