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Content Area Tests & Study Guides

The Content Area Tests measure how well students know the subject matter they will teach. Each test contains 125 multiple choice questions.

Tests by Code and Name

Content Area Tests (By Subject)

Test Code	Test
215	Agricultural Education
216	Business, Marketing, and Computer Education
205	Computer Science
209	Dance
210	Drama/Theatre Arts
206	Early Childhood Education
152	Early Childhood Special Education (for testing through 1/14/2024)
230	Early Childhood Special Education (first test administration 1/16/2023)
305	Elementary Education (Grades 1–6)
250	English as a New Language
207	English Language Arts
217	Family and Consumer Sciences
298	General Middle Grades (5-8)
312	Gifted Education (NES®)
173	Health Careers
211	Health Education
155	Learning Behavior Specialist I (for testing through 6/4/2023)
290	Learning Behavior Specialist I (first test administration 6/6/2022)
220	Library Information Specialist
299	Marriage and Family Therapy
208	Mathematics
201	Middle Grades (5–8) Language Arts
202	Middle Grades (5–8) Mathematics
203	Middle Grades (5–8) Science
204	Middle Grades (5–8) Social Science
212	Music
213	Physical Education
221	Reading Specialist
222	Reading Teacher
235	School Counselor
236	School Nurse
237	School Psychologist
238	School Social Worker
239	Science: Biology
240	Science: Chemistry
241	Science: Earth and Space Science
242	Science: Environmental Science
243	Science: Physics
244	Social Science: Economics
245	Social Science: Geography
246	Social Science: History
247	Social Science: Political Science
248	Social Science: Psychology
249	Social Science: Sociology and Anthropology
163	Special Education General Curriculum Test
232	Speech-Language Pathologist: Nonteaching
150	Teacher of Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired (for testing through 6/4/2023)
228	Teacher of Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired (first test adminitration 6/6/2022)
151	Teacher of Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (for testing through 1/14/2024)
229	Teacher of Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (first test administration 1/16/2023)
219	Technology Education
223	Technology Specialist
214	Visual Arts

Content Area Tests (Administrator)

Test Code	Test
224	Chief School Business Official
234	Director of Special Education
195/196	Principal as Instructional Leader
225	Superintendent

Content Area Tests (Foreign/World Language)

These tests are for individuals seeking foreign language teaching endorsements.

Test Code	Test
262	Foreign Language: Arabic
136	Foreign Language: Chinese (Cantonese)
251	Foreign Language: Chinese (Mandarin)
252	Foreign Language: French
253	Foreign Language: German
254	Foreign Language: Hebrew
255	Foreign Language: Italian
256	Foreign Language: Japanese
257	Foreign Language: Korean
258	Foreign Language: Latin
259	Foreign Language: Russian
260	Foreign Language: Spanish

Language Proficiency Tests for an Educator License with Stipulations Endorsed as Transitional Bilingual

These tests are for individuals seeking transitional bilingual endorsements, bilingual endorsements, or bilingual approvals.

Test Code	Test
055	English Language Proficiency
057	Target Language Proficiency—Arabic
071	Target Language Proficiency—Assyrian
072	Target Language Proficiency—Bosnian
070	Target Language Proficiency—Bulgarian
085	Target Language Proficiency—Burmese
058	Target Language Proficiency—Cantonese
310	Target Language Proficiency—Chin (Haka)
311	Target Language Proficiency—Ewe
074	Target Language Proficiency—Filipino
091	Target Language Proficiency—French
059	Target Language Proficiency—Greek
060	Target Language Proficiency—Gujarati
061	Target Language Proficiency—Hindi
062	Target Language Proficiency—Japanese
094	Target Language Proficiency—Kanjobal
095	Target Language Proficiency—Karen (S'gaw)
309	Target Language Proficiency—Kirundi (Rundi)
063	Target Language Proficiency—Korean
064	Target Language Proficiency—Lao
086	Target Language Proficiency—Lithuanian
312	Target Language Proficiency—Malay
084	Target Language Proficiency—Malayalam
065	Target Language Proficiency—Mandarin
307	Target Language Proficiency—Mongolian
087	Target Language Proficiency—Nepali
066	Target Language Proficiency—Polish
090	Target Language Proficiency—Portuguese
067	Target Language Proficiency—Russian
073	Target Language Proficiency—Serbian
308	Target Language Proficiency—Somali
056	Target Language Proficiency—Spanish
093	Target Language Proficiency—Swahili
092	Target Language Proficiency—Tamil
089	Target Language Proficiency—Telugu
088	Target Language Proficiency—Ukrainian
068	Target Language Proficiency—Urdu
069	Target Language Proficiency—Vietnamese
306	Target Language Proficiency—Yoruba

Learning Behavior Specialist II (LBS II) Tests

Test Code	Test
156	Learning Behavior Specialist II: Behavior Intervention Specialist (for testing through 10/8/2023)
291	Learning Behavior Specialist II: Behavior Intervention Specialist (first test administration 1/16/2023)
157	Learning Behavior Specialist II: Bilingual Special Education Specialist
158	Learning Behavior Specialist II: Curriculum Adaptation Specialist (for testing through 10/8/2023)
293	Learning Behavior Specialist II: Curriculum Adaptation Specialist (first test administration 1/16/2023)
159	Learning Behavior Specialist II: Deaf-Blind Specialist
160	Learning Behavior Specialist II: Multiple Disabilities Specialist (for testing through 10/8/2023)
295	Learning Behavior Specialist II: Multiple Disabilities Specialist (first test administration 1/16/2023)
161	Learning Behavior Specialist II: Technology Specialist
162	Learning Behavior Specialist II: Transition Specialist (for testing through 10/8/2023)
297	Learning Behavior Specialist II: Transition Specialist (first test administration 1/16/2023)

Study Guides

Although each state has its own standards and test structure for teacher certification, many of the certification tests use the same test bank of questions. This makes the study guides and practice tests below a useful resource to test your knowledge. Please keep in mind that the ILTS study guide is the only resource for Illinois test standards and structure.