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Exam Overview
The TExES Languages Other Than English (LOTE) Spanish (613) exam is the Texas certification exam for teaching Spanish in grades EC–12. It measures both your knowledge of language teaching and your own proficiency in Spanish.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Testing program | Texas Educator Certification Examination Program (TExES), for the Texas Education Agency; administered by Pearson |
| Certificate | Languages Other Than English: Spanish, EC–12 |
| Format | Computer-administered test (CAT) |
| Questions | 120 selected-response questions, 5 writing constructed-response tasks, and 3 speaking constructed-response tasks |
| Time | 5-hour appointment: about 20 minutes for the tutorial and compliance agreement and 4 hours 5 minutes of testing time; an optional 10-minute break follows the speaking tasks |
| Score scale | 100–300; passing score 240 |
| Test fee | $116 (additional fees may apply) |
| Availability | Limited administrations in two-week testing periods at test centers in Texas, Puerto Rico, and Mexico |
| Equipment | A headset with microphone is used for listening and speaking; writing tasks include an on-screen character selector for accented letters |
Domains and Weights
| Domain | Approx. weight |
|---|---|
| I. Instruction and Assessment | 34.6% |
| II. Cultural Understanding | 8% |
| III. Interpretive Listening | 16.7% |
| IV. Interpretive Reading | 16.7% |
| V. Written Expression | 12% |
| VI. Oral Expression | 12% |
Language of the Exam
Instruction and Assessment questions are in English. Cultural Understanding, listening, and reading questions, all passages and audio, and the constructed-response prompts are in Spanish. Your written and spoken responses must be in Spanish.
Scoring
Selected-response and constructed-response results are combined into one scaled score. Some questions on each form may be unscored items being tried out for future use, so answer every question as if it counts. Scores are released on the published score report dates.
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