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Clearing and Registering for the TExES

Step 1:  REQUEST CERTIFICATION EXAM CLEARANCE

    Prior to registering for an exam, you will need to ask for clearance.  This clearance must be done at least three (3) business days prior to the registration deadline.  In order to be cleared to register for a certification exam you must meet all requirements (e.g., completion of qualifying exam, program completion, GPA). To request exam clearance do the following:

  • Go to http://academics.utep.edu/texesinformation. Click on the TExES Clearance tab. 
  • Undergrads: If you are an undergraduate or are still working on your Block qualifying exams, click on Undergraduate Exam Clearance.   Fill out and submit the form on the page.

  • Alumni/Graduates/CATE (includes Counselors, Diagnosticians, Principals, Reading Specialists, Master Reading Teacher, Master Math Teacher

  • (Alumni): If you have graduated or have completed program requirements, click on Graduate Exam Clearance. Fill out and submit the form on the page.
  • If you are an undergraduate or still have in incomplete in your Block course, please go to the Undergraduate Exam Clearance page.
  • If you are a graduate student and are eligible to take a certification exam, please go to the Graduate Exam Clearance page.

Step 2:  RECEIVE UNIVERSITY EXAM CLEARANCE

You will receive email notification of your eligibility to take a certification exam within three (3) business days.

Step 3: OBTAIN YOUR TEA ID NUMBER

Once you have obtained clearance to take a certification exam, you will need obtain your TEA ID number. You will be using this number to register for your state certification exam.

  • Log on to www.sbec.state.tx.us and click Educator Login "New User" on the right side of the screen.   
  • Supply all the necessary information to complete your educator profile including up- to-date e-mail and telephone contact numbers.

  • Note your TEA ID number and write it down to keep with you at all times. You MUST know this number for using the ETS website when you register for any test.

Step 4: REGISTER FOR YOUR STATE CERTIFICATION EXAM

Once you have obtained clearance and have your TEA ID number you can register for your state certification exam:

  • ONLINE REGISTRATION:  Go to www.texes.ets.org . Follow on-screen instructions and register for the exam you are eligible to take.

               * Go to the ETS website www.texes.ets.org and click on "Register". You are once
                  again a "New User" since this is not a part of the SBEC website. Complete
                  all information requested in order to register for your desired test date.

  • REMEMBER TO PRINT YOUR ADMISSION TICKET.
  • REMEMBER TO PRINT IT AGAIN 24 hrs prior to testing.

Information regarding exam location will be provided to you during the registration process.