Test Regeneration
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Keeps content fresh, relevant, and current
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Provides tests aligned to the most current standards
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Provides validity and reliability
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Reduces candidate burden and costs
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Annual confirmation of specifications by a committee of experts to answer the following questions:
1) Do the test specifications still represent knowledge and/or skills that are important for competent, beginning-level practice?
2) Are there areas of knowledge and/or skills that are not included but are critical for competent, beginning-level practice?
3) Are changes on horizon that could impact these specifications in the future, either at the national level or within your state?
Process of a Multi-State Standard Setting Study
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Panelists Take the Test for Familiarity
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Panelists Define Knowledge and Skills
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Two rounds of judgments, with feedback/discussion
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Panelists Review Categories of Test for Validity
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Report Produced with Recommended Score Value and Validity Information
Recommended Study Value – Cut Score
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The standard setting studies involved two expert panels for each assessment, comprised of teachers, administrators and college faculty.
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The recommended cut scores for each panel are provided to help state departments of education determine appropriate cut (or passing) scores.
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The final Cut Score is set at the discretion and control of each individual state.
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Each state reviews the report and decides what it will adopt as its cut score(s)
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Each state is encouraged to consider having a small group of experts help in the deliberation to review the results of the report, review a copy of the content specifications and a form of the test(s).
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Each state should factor in other considerations relevant to the state: Standard Study recommendations; Available performance data; Supply and demand issues; Access to the profession; Periodic reviews of their score; and Practitioner input into their decisions.
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Multi-State Standard Setting Study was held in Princeton, NJ in January 2014

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Seven states and Guam were represented by 16 panelists:
Delaware (1)
Guam (1)
Louisiana (2)
Mississippi (3)
Iowa (2) Montana (2)
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For Praxis Elementary Education: Content Knowledge (5018), the recommended passing score is 83 out of a possible 120 raw-score points.
Nevada (2)
South Dakota (3)
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The scaled score associated with a raw score of 83 is 163 on a 100–200 scale.
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Multi-State Standard Setting Study was held in Princeton, NJ in November 2013.
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Seventeen panelists from sixteen states were recommended by the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP):
Alabama (1)
Kentucky (1)
Maryland (1)
Massachusetts (1)
Minnesota (1)
New Jersey (1)
New Mexico (1)
North Carolina (2)
Tennessee (1)
Texas (1)
Utah (1)
Vermont (1)
Mississippi (1)
Missouri (1)
North Dakota (1)
Pennsylvania (1)
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For Praxis School Psychologist test, the recommended passing score is 64 out of a possible 110 raw-score points.
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The scaled score associated with a raw score of 64 is 147 on a 100–200 scale.
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This score was endorsed by NASP.
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Multi-State Standard Setting Study was held in Princeton, NJ in January 2014.
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The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and state education agencies recommended panelists from sixteen states:
Arkansas (1)
Georgia (1)
Hawaii (1)
Iowa (1)
Maryland (1)
Michigan (1)
North Dakota (1)
New York (1)
Pennsylvania (1)
South Carolina (1)
Tennessee (1)
Wisconsin (1)
Indiana (1)
Massachusetts (1)
Ohio (2)
Oregon (1)
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For the Praxis Speech-Language Pathology test, the recommended passing score is 74 out of a possible 108 raw-score points.
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The scaled score associated with a raw score of 74 is 162 on a 100–200 scale.
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ASHA establishes a passing score as part of its Certification of Clinical Competence in
Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP). ASHA supports this score.