Praxis practice test, Praxis practice questions and Praxis Core test prep for 2026

Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators is the entry gate most teacher preparation programs use, and it comes in three subtests you can sit separately or together. Reading (5713) gives you 85 minutes for 56 selected-response questions built on passages of varying length, including some alternate formats such as select-in-passage. Writing (5723) runs 100 minutes and mixes 40 selected-response questions on grammar, usage and research skills with two argumentative and source-based essays at 30 minutes each. Mathematics (5733) gives you 90 minutes for 56 questions covering number and quantity, algebra and geometry, and data interpretation, statistics and probability, with both selected-response and numeric-entry formats. Take all three in one sitting under combined code 5752 and you face 152 selected-response questions plus two essays across 4 hours and 35 minutes.

• Reading (5713): 56 questions, 85 minutes
• Writing (5723): 40 questions plus two 30-minute essays, 100 minutes
• Mathematics (5733): 56 questions, 90 minutes
• Combined (5752): 152 questions plus two essays, 4 hours 35 minutes

This is the single most misunderstood fact about the Praxis, and getting it wrong wastes money. ETS states plainly that passing scores vary by state or agency and are not set by ETS. What ETS does publish is a recommended minimum, and most states that use Praxis Core simply adopt it: 156 for Reading, 162 for Writing and 150 for Mathematics, all on a 100 to 200 scaled-score range. A number of states deviate. Minnesota sets a higher bar on Reading and Writing, while Washington and North Dakota sit below the recommended figures on some subtests. Check your own state department of education before you register, because your target score determines how much preparation you actually need, and because a score that passes in one state may not transfer to a neighboring one. Each subtest is scored independently, so a strong Mathematics result does not rescue a weak Writing one.

• Scaled score range is 100 to 200 on every Praxis test
• ETS-recommended Core minimums: Reading 156, Writing 162, Math 150
• States may set higher or lower requirements, so verify yours first
• Each subtest passes or fails on its own; they do not average

Praxis fees run from $64 to $209 depending on which test you take. Praxis Core costs $150 for the combined test under code 5752, or $90 per subtest if you take them one at a time, which means splitting all three costs $270 and taking them together saves $120. Subject Assessments are generally $130 for a selected-response test and up to $170 for World Language tests. Elementary Education: Multiple Subjects (5001) is $180 for the full test or $64 per individual subtest. Registration includes four free score recipients, so nominate your state agency and your preparation program at registration rather than paying later: additional score reports are $50 each. Rescheduling costs $40 and registering by phone adds $35. The cheapest lever available to you is simply sitting all three Core subtests in one appointment if you are ready for all three.

• Praxis Core combined (5752): $150; individual subtests: $90 each
• Elementary Education: Multiple Subjects (5001): $180, or $64 per subtest
• Subject Assessments: about $130, up to $170 for World Language
• Four free score recipients included; extra reports $50, reschedule $40

ETS announced Praxis Steps in May 2026, and it is the most significant change to teacher licensure testing in years, so it is worth understanding even if it does not affect your test yet. Steps breaks a test into smaller content-area modules that you can sit as you finish the matching coursework rather than all at once, and if you fall short you retake only the individual Step you missed instead of the whole assessment. It becomes available in late summer and early fall 2026 as a capability within the Praxis Elementary Education Fundamentals tests, with Arkansas and West Virginia as the first adopters and Idaho signing on in the fall. Under pricing effective June 1, 2026, an individual Step is $39.50 and a full test is $79, with bundles at $149.50 for three tests and $199.50 for four. If you are taking Praxis Core, none of this changes your test. If you are heading for elementary education licensure in one of those states, it changes both your timeline and your retake risk.

• Modular Steps you sit alongside coursework rather than in one exam
• Retake only the Step you did not pass, not the whole test
• Late summer to early fall 2026, on Elementary Education Fundamentals
• $39.50 per Step, $79 per full test, effective June 1, 2026

The content on Praxis Core is material you have seen before, which is exactly why candidates underprepare and then get surprised. Three things reliably decide the outcome. First, pacing: Mathematics gives you roughly 96 seconds per question and Reading about 91 seconds, so untimed practice teaches you almost nothing about whether you will finish. Practice with a clock from the beginning. Second, the essays, which most candidates neglect entirely and which carry real weight in the Writing score; write at least four full timed essays before test day and get them read by someone who will be honest. Third, error review. Working a hundred questions and reading the explanation on every one, including the ones you got right for the wrong reason, beats working three hundred and checking only the score. If a state requires a score well above the ETS recommendation, build in more time rather than assuming you will clear it.

• Practice timed from the start: about 96 seconds per math question
• Write at least four full timed essays before test day
• Review every answer choice, not only the questions you missed
• Set your target from your state requirement, not the ETS default