About the NES® (National Evaluation Series™)

The following tests in the AEPA program are NES tests:

• Art
• Assessment of Professional Knowledge: Elementary
• Assessment of Professional Knowledge: Secondary
• Biology
• Business Education
• Chemistry
• Chinese (Mandarin)
• Elementary Education Subtests I and II
• English Language Arts
• Essential Academic Skills (Subtests I, II, and III)
• French
• General Science
• German
• Health
• History
• Mathematics
• Mathematics (Middle Grades and Early Secondary)
• Middle Grades English Language Arts
• Middle Grades General Science
• Middle Grades Mathematics
• Middle Grades Social Science
• Music
• Physical Education
• Physics
• School Library Media Specialist
• Social Science
• Spanish
• Special Education

The NES is a nationally available teacher certification testing program. The NES teacher certification tests are comprehensive exams aligned to professionally accepted national learning standards, covering areas such as essential academic skills, reading instruction, and commonly taught elementary, middle, and secondary grade-level subjects.

Arizona has adopted the NES tests for certification in many content areas, and now uses the NES tests in place of many earlier existing tests for certificates and endorsements. Additional details for candidates and teacher preparation program faculty is available on the ADE Certification Unit's website .