TExES Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities EC–12 (160) — exam facts
Texas (educator certification)
Every source below was read on 2026-09-25
| Administering body | Texas Education Agency (TEA) and the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) — exam delivered by Pearson The exam is part of TEA's Texas Educator Certification Examination Program and is delivered by Pearson as a computer-administered test, by appointment year round at test sites in Texas and nationwide. Framework domains (approximate share of the exam): Designing Instruction and Assessment to Promote Student Learning 34%, Creating a Positive, Productive Classroom Environment 13%, Implementing Effective, Responsive Instruction and Assessment 33%, Fulfilling Professional Roles and Responsibilities 20%. TEA lists the Texas Test of Educator Proficiency (T-TEP), a performance-based assessment, as a planned replacement for the PPR no earlier than September 2027, pending SBEC action. Source: Texas Education Agency — Certification Exams (2026-09-25) |
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| Questions | 100 questions All 100 questions are selected-response. The exam may include questions that are being evaluated for future forms and do not affect the score; Pearson does not say how many. Source: Pearson, Texas Educator Certification Examination Program — Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities EC–12 (160) exam page (2026-09-25) |
| Time limit | 285 minutes 4 hours 45 minutes of testing time, within a 5-hour appointment that also includes 15 minutes for the computer tutorial and compliance agreement. Source: Pearson, Texas Educator Certification Examination Program — Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities EC–12 (160) exam page (2026-09-25) |
| Passing score | Scaled score of 240 on a 100–300 scale TExES scores are reported on a scale of 100 to 300 with 240 as the minimum passing score. This is a scaled score, not a percentage of questions answered correctly; the final scaled score is based only on scored questions. Source: Pearson, Texas Educator Certification Examination Program — Understanding Your Test Results (2026-09-25) |
| Fees |
Pearson's exam page adds that additional fees may apply. The $116 figure is the fee SBEC rule 19 TAC §230.101 sets for selected-response-only assessments. Source: Pearson, Texas Educator Certification Examination Program — Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities EC–12 (160) exam page (2026-09-25) |
| Languages offered | Not published by TEA / Pearson Neither the exam page, the preparation manual's framework nor TEA's Certification Exams page states which languages the PPR is offered in, so PrepPass names none. What we read and found nothing in: Pearson, Texas Educator Certification Examination Program — Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities EC–12 (160) exam page (2026-09-25) · TEA — Preparation Manual, Section 3: Overview and Exam Framework, Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities EC–12 (160) (2026-09-25) · Texas Education Agency — Certification Exams (2026-09-25) |
Change log
- 2026-09-25Fact sheet created from Pearson's test 160 exam page and score-scale page, TEA's preparation manual framework for test 160, the program's retake policy and TEA's Certification Exams page; TEA's planned T-TEP replacement (no earlier than September 2027, pending SBEC action) recorded.