Tests

What tests do I need to take? Read about which tests are required for certification in New York.

Information about each test. Get specific information about a test, including when and where you can take the test, and access preparation materials by selecting the test from the following tables.

Test Code	Test
201	Educating All Students (EAS)

Assessment of Teaching Assistant Skills

Test Code	Test
095	Assessment of Teaching Assistant Skills (ATAS)

Communication and Quantitative Skills

Test Code	Test
080	Communication and Quantitative Skills Test (CQST)

School Leadership Assessments

Test Code	Assessment
109/110	Revised (May 2019) School Building Leader (for testing 4/17/2021 and after)
103/104	School District Leader
105/106	School District Business Leader

Content Specialty Tests

Test Code	Test
068	Agriculture
130	American Sign Language
160	Biology
117	Blind and Visually Impaired
168	Business and Marketing
120	Cantonese
161	Chemistry
194	Computer Science (for testing Summer 2025 and after)
164	Dance
063	Deaf and Hard of Hearing
162	Earth Science
071	Educational Technology Specialist
003	English Language Arts
116	English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
072	Family and Consumer Sciences
121	French
122	German
064	Gifted Education
123	Greek
073	Health Education
124	Hebrew
125	Italian
126	Japanese
119	Latin
074	Library Media Specialist
065	Literacy
127	Mandarin
004	Mathematics
211/246/245	Multi-Subject: Teachers of Early Childhood (Birth–Grade 2)
221/222/245	Multi-Subject: Teachers of Childhood (Grade 1–Grade 6)
231/232/245	Multi-Subject: Teachers of Middle Childhood (Grade 5–Grade 9)
241/244/245	Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12)
165	Music
076	Physical Education (for testing through 12/1/2024)
192	Physical Education (for testing 12/2/2024 and after)
163	Physics
128	Russian
193	School Counselor
115	Social Studies
129	Spanish
060	Students with Disabilities
118	Technology Education
166	Theater
167	Visual Arts

Safety Nets

Test Code	Safety Net
107/108	Revised (Sept. 2013) School Building Leader (for testing through 8/31/2025)
971	Safety Net Educational Technology Specialist

Bilingual Education Assessments (BEAs)

Test Code	Test
045	BEA—Albanian
174	BEA—Arabic
185	BEA—Bengali
171	BEA—Cantonese
038	BEA—Farsi
085	BEA—Finnish
175	BEA—French
056	BEA—German
042	BEA—Greek
086	BEA—Guyanese English Creole
170	BEA—Haitian Creole
180	BEA—Hebrew
035	BEA—Hindi
059	BEA—Igbo
178	BEA—Italian
044	BEA—Japanese
176	BEA—Korean
053	BEA—Malayalam
172	BEA—Mandarin
179	BEA—Polish
033	BEA—Portuguese
046	BEA—Punjabi
057	BEA—Romanian
173	BEA—Russian
058	BEA—Serbo-Croatian
169	BEA—Spanish
082	BEA—Swedish
051	BEA—Tagalog
081	BEA—Tamil
083	BEA—Turkish
084	BEA—Ukrainian
177	BEA—Urdu
049	BEA—Vietnamese
184	BEA—Yiddish
Other BEA not listed

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