Testing and assessment treatment
Requirement
When the comparable source authorization is an in-field, supplemental, endorsement or add-on area, Alabama can require its current Praxis subject assessment after the agency determines eligibility.
Which out-of-state path this covers
Alabama's certificate-reciprocity route recognizes a valid professional out-of-state teaching certificate when Alabama offers a comparable area, grade span and degree level.
What can change this answer
The source credential—not merely completion of an out-of-state preparation program—must be a valid professional certificate; base teaching fields can transfer by comparability, while an in-field, supplemental, endorsement or add-on area can trigger Alabama's current Praxis requirement.
Documents you may need
Plan for the ACE application, the valid professional source credential, official degree records and Alabama fingerprint or background clearance, plus any comparability material the certification section requests.
Where the testing answer can change
- •Alabama does not use completion of a non-Alabama preparation program by itself as the basis for this route
- •The source certificate must be professional, valid and comparable in area, grade level and degree level
- •Speech-language pathology is outside this reciprocity approach
- •Testing may be prescribed for areas carried only as an in-field, supplemental, endorsement or add-on authorization
Register and send scores only for the exact exam code named by the state agency.
Official sources
Check again by 2026-11-01