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Content Tests - PLACE

2009 - 2010 PLACE Test Information and Registration Schedule

The Colorado Legislature passed Senate Bill 00-195 that limits Colorado's educator assessment program to content tests only, eliminating tests in basic skills, liberal arts and sciences, and professional knowledge. Please refer to the list below for the various content tests to be administered.

Test Date Standard Registration Deadline Emergency Registration Deadline
(additional fee applies)

 

Score Report Date for Multiple-Choice-Questions-Only Tests Score Report Date for Tests with Performance Assignments
August 1, 2009 July 10, 2009 July 24, 2009 August 17, 2009 N/A
September 26, 2009  September 4, 2009 September 18, 2009

October 12, 2009

 October 26, 2009
November 21, 2009 October 30, 2009 November 13, 2009 December 7, 2009 December 21, 2009
January 9, 2010 December 18, 2009 December 31, 2009 January 25, 2010 N/A
March 13, 2010 February 19, 2010 March 5, 2010 March 29, 2010 N/A
April 24, 2010 April 2, 2010 April 16, 2010 May 10, 2010 May 24, 2010
June 26, 2010 June 4, 2010 June 18, 2010 July 12, 2010 July 26, 2010
August 7, 2010 July 16, 2010 July 30, 2010 August 23, 2010 N/A
  Internet Registration
To register on the Internet, your registration must be completed by 4:00 p.m. mountain time on the applicable registration deadline.
 
 
 U.S. Mail Registration
To register by mail during the standard registration period, your registration materials must be received by the standard registration deadline.
 
 Telephone Registration
To register by telephone, you must call (413) 256-2885 by 4:00 p.m. mountain time on the emergency registration deadline.
 
PLACE EDUCATOR CONTENT ASSESSMENTS
Administrator (Superintendent) Physical Education
Agriculture Principal
Art Reading Specialist
Business Education Reading Teacher
Drama Russian
Early Childhood Education School Counselor
Elementary Education School Librarian
English School Social Worker
Family and Consumer Studies Science
French Social Studies
Gifted and Talented Spanish
German Special Education Generalist
Health Special Education: Severe Needs-Cognitive
Instructional Technology Special Education: Severe Needs-Affective
Italian Special Education: Severe Needs-Visually Impaired
Japanese Special Education: Severe Needs-Deaf/Hard of Hearing
Latin Special Education: Severe Needs-Communication
Linguistically Diverse Special Education: Profound Needs
Linguistically Diverse Bilingual Education Early Childhood Special Education
Marketing Education Speech
Mathematics Technology Education (Industrial Arts)
Music  

Note: Passing score for all exams is 220.

The PLACE registration bulletin is available from the Colorado Department of Education. You can go to the PLACE website ( www.place.nesinc.com ) and register online.

The 2007-2008 Registration Bulletin is available online. 

Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD)    413.256.8032

Will there be more test dates for the PLACE tests?

Tests for all major content fields will be administered seven times per year.  The remaining test fields will be available either four or six times per year, depending on the number of examinees who register.

Test fees:

The registration processing fee is $35.00. The test fees are $60.00 for first-time test takers.   Test re-takers will receive a $25.00 rebate for repeated attempts.

  • Online and Phone Payments: VISA or MasterCard only.
  • Mail payments: Cashier's Check or Money Order only.

Rapid Results

Score reports for all tests except those with performance assignments will be returned about two weeks following each test administration.  Results for the language tests and Severe Needs: Vision will be returned about four weeks after each administration.

Who is Required to Take the PLACE Assessments?

All candidates for initial educator licenses (initial license) in Colorado are required to take and pass one or more of the PLACE assessments.  This includes candidates for teaching, special services, principal, and administrator licenses.

Applicants for Initial Educator Licenses who hold a standard license in another state (outside Colorado) or country, and who have three or more years of full-time, consecutive, successful, evaluated out-of-state experience in their requested licensing area as verified by the out-of-state employing school or school district may be exempt from taking the PLACE assessments.  Consult the application for an Initial License provided by the Colorado Department of Education.

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