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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
170	Agricultural Education (last test date 1/21/18)
215	Agricultural Education (first test date 1/22/18)
171	Business, Marketing, and Computer Education
038	Computer Science
140	Dance
141	Drama/Theatre Arts
107	Early Childhood Education (last test date 1/21/18)
206	Early Childhood Education (first test date 1/22/18)
152	Early Childhood Special Education
197–200	Elementary Education (Grades 1–6)
110	Elementary/Middle Grades
125	English as a New Language
111	English Language Arts
172	Family and Consumer Sciences
312	Gifted Education (NES®)
173	Health Careers
142	Health Education (last test date 1/21/18)
211	Health Education (first test date 1/22/18)
155	Learning Behavior Specialist I
175	Library Information Specialist
115	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
143	Music
144	Physical Education
176	Reading Specialist (last test date 1/21/18)
221	Reading Specialist (first test date 1/22/18)
177	Reading Teacher
181	School Counselor
182	School Nurse
183	School Psychologist (last test date 1/21/18)
237	School Psychologist (first test date 1/22/18)
184	School Social Worker
105	Science: Biology
106	Science: Chemistry
108	Science: Earth and Space Science
112	Science: Environmental Science
116	Science: Physics
109	Social Science: Economics
113	Social Science: Geography
114	Social Science: History
117	Social Science: Political Science
118	Social Science: Psychology
121	Social Science: Sociology and Anthropology
163	Special Education General Curriculum Test
154	Speech-Language Pathologist: Nonteaching
153	Speech-Language Pathologist: Teaching
150	Teacher of Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
151	Teacher of Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
174	Technology Education (last test date 1/21/18)
219	Technology Education (first test date 1/22/18)
178	Technology Specialist
145	Visual Arts

Content Area Tests (Administrator)

Test Code	Test
185	Chief School Business Official
180	Director of Special Education
195/196	Principal as Instructional Leader
187	Superintendent (last test date 1/21/18)
225	Superintendent (first test date 1/22/18)

Content Area Tests (Foreign Language)

These tests are for individuals seeking foreign language teaching endorsements.

Test Code	Test
137	Foreign Language: Arabic
136	Foreign Language: Chinese (Cantonese)
126	Foreign Language: Chinese (Mandarin)
127	Foreign Language: French
128	Foreign Language: German
129	Foreign Language: Hebrew
130	Foreign Language: Italian
131	Foreign Language: Japanese
132	Foreign Language: Korean
133	Foreign Language: Latin
134	Foreign Language: Russian
135	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
074	Target Language Proficiency—Filipino
059	Target Language Proficiency—Greek
060	Target Language Proficiency—Gujarati
061	Target Language Proficiency—Hindi
062	Target Language Proficiency—Japanese
063	Target Language Proficiency—Korean
064	Target Language Proficiency—Lao
086	Target Language Proficiency—Lithuanian
084	Target Language Proficiency—Malayalam
065	Target Language Proficiency—Mandarin
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
056	Target Language Proficiency—Spanish
089	Target Language Proficiency—Telugu
088	Target Language Proficiency—Ukrainian
068	Target Language Proficiency—Urdu
069	Target Language Proficiency—Vietnamese

Learning Behavior Specialist II (LBS II) Tests

Test Code	Test
156	Learning Behavior Specialist II: Behavior Intervention Specialist
157	Learning Behavior Specialist II: Bilingual Special Education Specialist
158	Learning Behavior Specialist II: Curriculum Adaptation Specialist
159	Learning Behavior Specialist II: Deaf-Blind Specialist
160	Learning Behavior Specialist II: Multiple Disabilities Specialist
161	Learning Behavior Specialist II: Technology Specialist
162	Learning Behavior Specialist II: Transition Specialist

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.

Arizona Study Guide II

California Study Guide I

California Study Guide II

California Study Guide III

Michigan Study Guide

Oklahoma Elementary Education Subtest 1 (050) Study Guide
Oklahoma Elementary Education Subtest 2 (051) Study Guide

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