On August 14, 2024, the New Hampshire State Board of Education adopted new testing requirements for completed applications received on or after July 1, 2025. All new tests are within the Pearson National Evaluation Series. Some endorsements require multiple subtests. Comparable tests (as determined by the Bureau of Credentialing) may be substituted.

• The following tests will no longer be accepted:

  • Praxis: Education of Young Children for the Early Childhood Education endorsement

  • Pearson Foundations of Reading for the Reading and Writing Specialist endorsement

• the Pearson Essential Academic Skills test, consisting of reading, writing, and mathematics subtests, as an additional testing option for candidates seeking an initial teacher or instructional specialist license

• the Pearson content knowledge tests as an additional testing option for endorsements that already require content tests

• the Pearson content knowledge tests as a testing requirement for endorsements that don’t already require content tests

• Pearson Foundations of Reading for the Early Childhood Special Education endorsement

• Pearson Foundations of Reading for the Special Education Teacher endorsement

• Additional information:

  • The passing score for each of these subtests and their subsequent revisions shall be the national cut score as determined by a formal standard setting process for that subtest.

Educators can register for New Hampshire’s tests at https://www.nestest.com/state/nh.

Candidates MUST create an account as they must have a file to which Pearson would attach a score, and it is through that file that the score would be released to the Bureau of Credentialing.

We suggest that educators who need to meet the new testing requirements should double check their First Name, Last Name, DOB, and SSN in both the Pearson system and in EIS (and the ETS system for that matter). Correctly associating a test score with a specific candidate EdID number is done via a matching algorithm looking at those identifying details. EIS has many hundreds of test scores not assigned to anyone because of the following (accidental or intentional) issues:

• Married Name but no former (i.e. maiden) name in one system and their former name (but no Married Name) in the other

• Misspelling of First or Last Name in one or the other system

• Mistyped DOB (month, day, or year) in one system or the other

• One or more digit error in the SSN in one system or the other

Please be sure you are thorough with the review of your information.

• If you have subject matter testing listed as part of your current plan on the IPDP (with the exception of Early Childhood Education, and Reading and Writing Specialist), you can disregard the additional testing requirement as your current plan will meet the new requirements.

• If you are currently on a Site Based Licensing Plan (SBLP) and are not able to complete your plan and apply for licensure prior to 7/1/2025, you will need to meet these new testing requirements even if your plan does not currently list the requirement. If your plan does not currently list the testing requirement associated with the endorsement, and you are unable to complete the plan and apply for the endorsement prior to 7/1/2025, we will update your plan with the new testing requirements. If your plan is updated with the new requirements, you will be responsible for meeting the requirements on the updated plan.

• If you are on an In Process of Licensure Authorization (IPLA), and you don't meet the current testing requirements by 6/30/2025, you will be responsible for the new/additional testing requirements effective 7/1/2025.

Submit any further questions to the Testing Requirements for SBLP and IPLA Help Desk queue.

The Administrative Rule Ed 505.01 requires each candidate seeking initial teacher or instructional specialist licensure to show Basic Academic Skills in Reading, Writing and Mathematics.

1. Submit passing scores on Pearson Essential Academic Skills: Reading, Writing and Mathematics.

2. Submit passing scores on an out of state test comparable to NH testing. Comparability will be determined as part of your application review. For students enrolling in a NH state approved educator preparation program and interested in having an out of state test evaluated for comparability: Test Evaluation Request

3. Submit scores documenting at or above the 50th percentile on a nationally recognized test in the areas of reading, writing, and mathematics such as, but not limited to, the SAT, GRE or ACT. Evaluation of these tests will be part of your application review. For students enrolling in a NH state approved educator preparation program and interested in having a national test evaluated for comparability: Test Evaluation Request

4. Hold a NH Beginning Educator or Experienced Educator License or document an initial or higher license from out of state along with your application. Out of state is limited to US States and Territories (the 50 US states, District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands). *Temporary or incomplete licenses issued from other states due to the pandemic cannot be used for this purpose.

5. For Career and Technical Education (CTE) specialty area applicants only: submit an experience letter documenting 3 years of full time experience in the area for which licensure is sought AND a copy of a current industry-recognized credential appropriate to the CTE specialty area in which licensure is sought. NH Industry Recognized Credential List

Educational Specialist and Other endorsements do not require BASA.

The Administrative Rule Ed 505.01 requires each candidate to pass a subject area content knowledge test when seeking licensure in any endorsement area for which the board has adopted a subject assessment test cut score.

Pearson Testing: https://www.nestest.com/state/nh Visit the link for a list of endorsements that require subject tests, testing accommodations, test preparation, obtaining previous score reports, test center locations/dates and registration.

• You can also submit out of state/national testing reports for evaluation as a comparable test with your application.

• Elementary Education K-8 requires (in addition to the requirements for Elementary Education K-6) a 15 credit concentration on your transcript in one of the following areas: English, Math, Science, or Social Studies. You must also submit passing scores on the corresponding Middle School content test.

• Applicants for Paraeducator II can use the Foundations of Classroom Support and Instruction (or comparable nationally recognized assessment) in lieu of the Associate’s Degree or 48 college credit requirement.

• For students enrolling in a NH state approved educator preparation program and interested in having an out of state/national subject test evaluated for comparability: Test Evaluation Request

As of 11/15/2018, Credentialing will no longer accept the following documents via mail or email: Experience Letters, GED's, Industry Credentials, National Licenses, Official Transcripts, Out of State Educator Credentials, Reference Letters, Résumés, and Test Score Reports.

Please log into https://my.doe.nh.gov/myNHDOE/Login/Login.aspx to upload these documents directly into your Educator Information System account or to confirm tests results have been received electronically at myNHDOE/EIS/Educator/View Your Credentials/Tests.

NH required tests recently taken in NH are provided to the NHED electronically by the testing company. It can take up to 6-8 weeks for us to receive passing scores electronically and for the scores to be visible in your EIS account.

Test results are reported to the Bureau of Credentialing in electronic format. These scores are then matched to individuals in the Educator Information System (EIS) based on full name, date of birth, and SSN. If one or more of these identifiers do not match then the score is not appended to the candidate's file. The result of which is the prevention of issuance of an educator credential. Please log into EIS as well as the test vendor website to verify that your information is correct. Review the information carefully as mistyping a single letter or digit could be the difference between issuance of an educator license or a long delay.

For older tests, tests not taken at a NH test site, tests not required by NH, or tests such as SAT (https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat), GRE (https://www.ets.org/gre/test-takers.html), ACT (http://www.act.org/), please contact the testing company to obtain a copy of your test score report. Sometimes score reports are also available on official high school or college transcripts. If you are unable to obtain old test score reports, you will need to submit passing scores on the NH required tests. Having an out of state license is not sufficient documentation of passing a test. Test comparability determination is made by the Bureau of Credentialing.

For students enrolling in a NH state approved educator preparation program and interested in having an out of state/national test evaluated for comparability, please submit your test score reports along with the Test Evaluation Request.

• Review your test score report. Test scores are often presented with category subscores. Compare your points earned with the maximum number of points you could have earned for each category. The greater the difference between these two scores, the more opportunity you have to increase these scores with focused studying in these categories.

• Focus on learning the content in the categories you have selected to increase your score:

  • Review K-12 grade level content text books and/or introductory college textbooks, depending on content and grade level of test.

  • Check testing company websites for links to further study resources.

  • Attend workshops and/or complete coursework in specific content categories.