TX PACT: Essential Academic Skills (700)

This exam includes three subtests:

• TX PACT: Essential Academic Skills (Subtest I: Reading) (701)
• TX PACT: Essential Academic Skills (Subtest II: Writing) (702)
• TX PACT: Essential Academic Skills (Subtest III: Mathematics) (703)

• a single subtest if you passed the other two subtests, or
• the overall exam if you did not pass two or more subtests.

Note: The exam is used for the following PACT areas:

• Core Subjects: Early Childhood–Grade 6
• Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Early Childhood–Grade 12
• Special Education: Early Childhood–Grade 12

For more information about which PACT exam is associated with each Texas Certificate, see the Pre-Admission Content Test page  on the Texas Education Agency website.

Format

Computer-administered test (CAT)

• Subtest I: Reading: 45 selected-response questions
• Subtest II: Writing: 36 selected-response questions and 1 constructed-response question
• Subtest III: Mathematics: 45 selected-response questions

Time

4 hours and 15 minutes total appointment time for the full exam

• CAT tutorial and compliance agreement: 15 minutes
• Testing time for individual subtests:
  • Subtest I: Reading: 1 hour and 15 minutes
  • Subtest II: Writing: 1 hour and 30 minutes
  • Subtest III: Mathematics: 1 hour and 15 minutes

Exam Dates

By appointment, year round. Exam appointments are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Check appointment availability .

Exam Sites

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Passing Score

240 per subtest

Exam Fee

$56 for one subtest in a single session
$106 for all three subtests in a single session
Additional fees may apply.
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Score Reporting

Scores are available at 10:00 p.m. Central time on the score report dates.

Policies

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Prepare

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