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Texas teacher certificationLast test date August 31, 2027

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Core Subjects EC-6 is 5 subject exams in one sitting. Find the competencies that cost you points, practise those with every answer explained, and stop re-reading what you already know.

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The exam

One exam, 5 parts. Start with the one you need.

Core Subjects EC-6 (391) has 210 questions across 5 subject exams, each passed separately. Pick a part to see what is in it.

Subject exam 902We start here

Mathematics

Questions
40
Time
1 h 10 min
Share of the exam
19%
6 competencies, 79 topics
  • Mathematics Instruction
  • Number Concepts and Operations
  • Patterns and Algebra
  • Geometry and Measurement
  • Probability and Statistics
  • Mathematical Processes

Every question is tagged to one of these, so your results show exactly where to spend your time.

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The deadline

This exam ends on August 31, 2027.

The dates below are the Texas Education Agency's own. Where it has not published something, we say so.

  1. November 12, 2026
    Today

    292 days left to take this exam.

  2. August 31, 2027
    Last test date

    The last day Core Subjects EC-6 (391) is offered.

  3. September 2027, at the earliest
    New exams begin

    Separately numbered exams (811, 812, 813, 814, 815). The agency says this date may move later.

  4. August 31, 2028
    Last day to use your scores

    Apply and be recommended for your certificate by this date.

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How it works

Find the gap. Close it. Keep it closed.

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Find the gap

A free diagnostic, shorter than the real exam, shows your result in each competency, so you know which ones cost you points.

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Close it

Practise the weak competencies. Every question explains why the right answer is right and why each wrong answer is wrong.

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Keep it closed

Missed questions and key terms come back on a schedule that tightens as your test date gets closer.

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Mathematics (EC–6) · sample data

Today

  1. Monday: studied
  2. Tuesday: studied
  3. Wednesday: no study
  4. Thursday: studied
  5. Friday: today
  6. Saturday: upcoming
  7. Sunday: upcoming
Today's sessionAbout 20 min left

Fractions and ratios

3 short steps, about 20 minutes in all.

  1. 1
    Review
    12 items due back today
    6 min
  2. 2
    Drill
    10 questions on comparing fractions
    10 min
  3. 3
    Key terms
    8 terms from this competency
    4 min
0 of 3 done
Your path
  1. ✓Diagnostic (done)
  2. ✓Plan (done)
  3. 3Practice
  4. 4Review
  5. 5Test day
Test day
days to go
Sample test date: Friday 4 December
Day 19 of 42Test day
Practice score
Estimate

Based on 142 practice answers.

Number concepts78%
Patterns and algebra61%
Geometry and measurementFocus next54%
Due for review
Items scheduled to come back today.
Review now
Weakest area
54%
Geometry and measurement
Drill this
Locked in
of 45
Key terms you have passed four times in a row (40%).
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?Are these the real exam questions?

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?Who checks the questions?

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?The exam is changing. Will my practice still count?

Core Subjects EC-6 (391) will last be offered on August 31, 2027. Its replacements are planned for no earlier than September 2027, and that date may move later. We tag every question to both the current framework and the new one, and we mark topics that only one of them covers.

?Will a practice score tell me if I will pass?

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