Requirements/Nevada
High School Math Teacher in Nevada.
The Core battery, a content test, and the secondary pedagogy test.
- Exams
- 5
- Passing scores
- 150 · 156 · 144 · 159 · 157
- Certificate
- Secondary Mathematics
The exams you have to pass
In the order most candidates take them.
Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators: Reading5713
Part of the three-test Core battery.
Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators: Writing5723
Part of the three-test Core battery.
Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators: Mathematics5733
Part of the three-test Core battery.
Praxis Mathematics: Content Knowledge5165
Praxis Principles of Learning and Teaching (PLT): Grades 7-125624
The pedagogy test, matched to your grade band.
What people get wrong
Each of these costs a candidate either money or a test date.
- The Core Academic Skills battery is three separate tests, each passed on its own. It is easy to read "Core" as a single exam and budget for one sitting.
- The pedagogy test is banded. Secondary takes PLT 7-12 (5624) at 157, not the K-6 version at 160.
- Nevada requires the Praxis tests to have been completed within ten years before you apply. Older passing scores do not carry over, which catches career changers returning to the classroom.
Required, but not an exam
- A bachelor’s degree
- An approved educator preparation program, traditional or alternative
- Fingerprinting and a background check, and application to the Office of Educator Licensure
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 Nevada Department of Education, competency testing requirements (NAC 391.036) and the ETS Praxis Nevada requirements it refers to. Certification rules change by state board vote. Confirm with the state before you register for a test.