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The Illinois Certification Testing System (ICTS) exams are an educator certification program under the auspices of the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE). ISBE determines the standard of the exams, the specific test that are required for certification as well who takes what tests. The exams was custom developed and is being administered by the Evaluation Systems group of Pearson on behalf of ISBE. For more information, please visit the ICTS website.
ICTS is made up of six sections; the Basic Skills test; the various content-area tests; the Assessments of Professional Teaching; the tests for removal of a Learning Behavior Specialist Limitation; language proficiency tests for the Transitional Bilingual Certificate and the Learning Behavior Specialist tests.
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Illinois Certification Testing System (ICTS) Study Guide
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ICTS Study GuideSubject Area Study Guides:
Assessment of Professional Teaching (101-104)
Basic Skills (096)
Business, Marketing, and Computer Education (171)
Chief School Business Official (185) Elementary/Middle Grades (110)
English Language Arts (111)
English Language Proficiency (055)
English as a New Language (125)
Educable Mentally Handicapped (004)
Family and Consumer Sciences (172)
Health Education (142)
Learning Behavior Specialist I (155)
Science
Biology (105)
Chemistry (106)
Earth and Space Science (108)
Science: Environmental Science (112)
Physics (116)
Library Information Specialist (175) Mathematics (115)
Music (143)
Physical Education (144)
Principal (186)
School Counselor (181)
Speech-Language Pathologist: Non teaching (154)
Speech-Language Pathologist: Teaching (153), Superintendent (187)
Teacher of Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (151)
Trainable Mentally Handicapped (005)
Visual Arts (145)
Social Science
Economics (109)
Geography (113)
History (114)
Political Science (117)
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