What is the Alabama Prospective Teacher Testing Program (APTTP)?

Initially, the APTTP is made up of selected tests in Reading for Information and Applied Mathematics from the ACT WorkKeys Testing System.  A Writing Assessment will be added at a later date.

Anyone who applies for initial Alabama certification* after January 1, 2003 unless:

*Please note:  This includes professional or alternative certificates (certificates lapsed for more than six months, Alternative A, Alternative B, Preliminary Certificate, Speech & Language Impaired Approach, Nationally Certified School Psychologist Approach, and NBPTS Approach).

TROY requires that the APTTP be taken and a score posted as an admission requirement to the Teacher Education Program.  You will not be allowed to intern without a passing score on either the ABST or the APTTP. 

The tests may be taken the following dates:

The tests will be administered at nine test sites including ones in Birmingham, Huntsville, Jacksonville, Mobile, Montgomery, Troy, and  Tuscaloosa County.  The closest site for TROY-Dothan Campus students will be in Troy.

Examinees may register for the December 16, 2006 test administration via the Internet at http://www.act.org/alabamapttp or by telephone at 1-800-294-2105 or 319-341-2500.  Paper-based registration will be added beginning with the April 5, 2003 test administration.  The registration deadline for the December testing is November 16.

The fee entitles you to receive a copy of your scores and to have a copy sent to the college or university you indicate when you register. A copy of your scores will also be sent to the Alabama Department of Education. Scores for the current administration or any future examination will not be released until all fees are paid in full.
 

The minimum passing score set by the SDE for both the Reading and Math tests is Level 4 and Level 3 for the Writing Assessment.  If you do not attain the minimum passing score on any portions of the test, you may retake that test on the next test date.  There is no limit to the number of times the tests may be retaken.

An individual who does not attain the minimum passing score on a given test may satisfy the test requirement through the combination of the individual's test score with the grade point average (GPA) on certain courses in the undergraduate core curriculum.  If the calculation results in a passing score, the test requirement will be considered to have been met.  The individual must have attained at least a 2.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale before the formula may be applied.

The second option for individuals not attaining a passing score on the APTTP is to attend and pass a remediation course designed by the SDE to satisfy the test requirement.  The individual must pass and end-of-course assessment or may opt to repeat the WorkKeys test(s).  The remediation courses will be offered annually at selected sites throughout the state.

REMINDER:  You will NOT be allowed to intern without having passed either the ABST or the APTTP.

The projected timeframe for receiving the APTTP score reports is four - six weeks.  You will receive a report and you will indicate on your registration form that a score report be sent to TROY-Dothan Campus.