Requirements/Connecticut
Physical Education Teacher in Connecticut.
One content test, at the highest PE bar in this layer.
- Exams
- 1
- Passing
- 169
- Certificate
- Physical Education, PreK-12 (endorsement 044)
The exam you have to pass
In the order most candidates take them.
01
Praxis Physical Education: Content and Design5095
Pass169
What people get wrong
Each of these costs a candidate either money or a test date.
- At 169, Connecticut sets the highest physical education cut score of any state mapped here, twenty points above Colorado on a comparable test.
- Connecticut uses Content and Design (5095), which includes a constructed-response section, not the Content Knowledge test (5091).
Required, but not an exam
- A bachelor’s degree
- An approved educator preparation program, or an approved alternative route
- Background check and application through the CSDE certification system
Now go pass it.
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 Connecticut State Department of Education certification and the ETS Praxis Connecticut requirements. Certification rules change by state board vote. Confirm with the state before you register for a test.