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According to the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB) requirements, all students must take essential academic skills examinations, content and pedagogy exams prior to being eligible for a Tier 4 Minnesota teaching license.  All students applying for admittance into the School of Education Teacher Education Program are recommended, but not required to successfully complete essential academic skills examinations.  A passing score in all three sections of the exam are required before being fully admitted into the School of Education.  These include qualifying scores from one of the following standardized exams:

     Minnesota National Evaluation Series Essential Academic Skills (MN NES EAS) - Reading > 520; Writing > 520; Mathematics > 520

     ACT Plus Writing – Composite score > 22 and Combined English/Writing > 21

     SAT – Reading + Writing > 550 and Mathematics > 570

Only official test score reports will be accepted and it is the student’s responsibility to ensure that an official score report is sent to UNW School of Education.

Candidates applying for a teacher licensure program at the University of Northwestern must show that they have passed all 3 sections of essential academic skills or that they have a plan for successful completion of this requirement prior to graduation. Failure to follow a remediation and retest plan is grounds for termination from a provisional status in a teacher education program.  Any changes in a remediation and retest plan must be submitted to the Assistant Dean of the School of Education within 10 days of the change action.