Registration

•  Registration for NMTA exams can be done online, mail and telephone

•  Internet registration is available 24 hours, 7 days a week. Click here, to register for NMTA via internet

•  To register via mail, please print and fill the registration forms. Send completed forms, along with necessary documents and payment to:

New Mexico Teacher Assessments,

Evaluation Systems,

Pearson, 300 Venture Way,

Hadley, MA 01035.

Telephone: (413) 256-2884
•  Telephone registration is to be used only during the emergency registration window. To register via telephone, please call (413) 256-2884, from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. mountain time, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

Eligibility

The NMTA certification exams are designed for teachers and educators seeking initial licensure in New Mexico. To see which NMTA exams you are required to take, please visit NMTA license requirements

Fees

•  The NMTA registration processing fee per each test date is $29

•  The registration fee for the Basic Skills test is $59     •
•  The Fee for the Teacher Competency Assessments (Early Childhood, Elementary, Secondary) is $89

•  The fee for the Content Assessments is $89

•  For a complete list of all applicable NMTA exam and processing fees, please visit the fees page on the official website

Format

The Basic Skills exam is made up of 1 constructed response assignment and 100 selected-response questions

The New Mexico Assessment of Teacher Competency exam is made up of 3 restricted-response assignment, I extended-response assignment and 75 selected-response questions. There are 3 versions of this assessment and you need to check NMTA license requirements to know which to take.

Exam Contents

The New Mexico Content Knowledge Assessment is made up of 24 exams that separately test for knowledge in the fields stated below

•  Endorsement Content Knowledge Assessments

•  Secondary-Level Assessments (100 selected-response questions)

•  History, Geography, Economics, Civics and Government (16)

•  Language Arts (12)

•  Mathematics (14)

•  Science (15)

•  Middle-Level Assessments (100 selected-response questions)

•  Middle Level History, Geography, Economics, Civics and Government (26)

•  Middle Level Language Arts (23)

•  Middle Level Mathematics (24)

•  Middle Level Science (25)

•  Language Assessments (65 selected-response questions, 1 written constructed-response assignment, and 1 oral constructed-response assignment)

•  French (18)

•  German (19)

•  Spanish (20)

•  Licensure Content Knowledge Assessments (100 selected-response questions)

•  Educational Administrator (35)

•  Educational Diagnostician (33)

•  Elementary Education (11)

•  School Counselor (34)

•  Special Education (32)

•  Other Endorsement Content Knowledge Assessments (100 selected-response questions)

•  Family and Consumer Sciences (27)

•  Health Education (28)

•  Library/Media (30)

•  Music (21)

•  Physical Education (29)

•  Reading (13)

•  Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) (31)

•  Visual Arts (22)

Other Information

•  All NMTA exams are scored within the range of 100 to 300

•  The minimum passing score for each section of the NMTA exams is 240