The Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST) measures basic proficiency
in reading, writing, and mathematics.
Many states are require that teachers pass the PPST before they can
become certified to teach. UNI also requires teaching majors to
pass the exam before they can be admitted into the college of education.
Here is some general
information about the test:
The traditional
pencil and paper exam has 40 multiple-choice questions to be
completed in 60 minutes.
The computerized
version of the exam has 45 questions to be completed in 75 minutes.The questions are a mix of multiple-choice questions and
questions that take advantage of the computerized format of the
exam.
You are not
penalized for getting a wrong answer.This means it is to your advantage to guess even when you don’t
know the answer to a question.
You are not allowed
to use a calculator on the exam.
