Sending Your Praxis Score to a New Board

Nearly every state board that licenses speech-language pathologists and audiologists checks your national exam. For both professions that exam is the Praxis: test 5331 for speech-language pathology and test 5343 for audiology. ASHA's passing score for certification is 162 on a 100 to 200 scale for both. When you apply for a license in a new state, the board almost always wants the score sent by ETS, not a screenshot or a PDF you download.

The mechanics are simple once you know them, and expensive to get wrong when you do not.

How do you send a score after the test?

ETS lets you name up to four institutions or licensing agencies as free score recipients when you register. You can change those free recipients until three days before your test date. After that, every new recipient is an "additional score report." ETS charges $50 per score recipient for each one, and the fee is nonrefundable. You order them through your Praxis account under "Purchase Additional Score Reports," or by phone at 1-800-772-9476.

Most SLPs licensed in one state and moving to another are in the second group: years after testing, ordering a report for a board they did not know about on test day.

Which code does the board use?

Each board has its own ETS recipient code, and choosing the wrong one sends your score somewhere useless. A few codes boards publish:

• New York asks for scores to go to agency code R7747, and says the scores "must be sent directly from ETS."
• Louisiana lists its code as R7331 on its application information page.
• Georgia warns that if you do not select the right code, "your scores will not be sent to our office," and that making sure the score arrives is the candidate's responsibility.
• Florida says it cannot accept mailed exam results or copies submitted by the applicant; the testing agency transmits them through a shared data system.

One trap catches school-based SLPs in particular. ETS automatically sends a copy of your scores to the teacher credentialing agency of certain states where you test. That copy goes to the education department, not to the SLP licensing board. If you need the score at the licensing board, name the board as a recipient.

How old can the score be?

This is where people get surprised. ETS says Praxis scores are valid for ten years, and you can order additional reports at any point in that period. Boards can set a shorter window:

• Florida wants a Praxis score from no more than three years before the application date for its licensure by evaluation of credentials route.
• California says the exam "must not be more than five years old" for its standard SLP pathway, with a minimum score of 162.
• ASHA itself only accepts scores obtained no more than five years before an initial certification application.

Endorsement routes often relax this. California's licensed-in-another-state pathway, New Jersey's licensure without examination for applicants from substantially equivalent states, and Texas's waiver for CCC holders each change what the board needs. Our post on SLP license by endorsement compares the routes.

What if your score is older than ten years?

Then ETS cannot report it, and you need a route that does not depend on it. The common ones:

• A CCC-based route. Texas exempts holders of the ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence or ABA certification from submitting Praxis scores. Pennsylvania waives the exam for current CCC holders under 49 Pa. Code § 45.21. Ohio waives it under Revised Code 4753.08(B).
• A license-based route. States that license by endorsement or reciprocity often accept that your original state verified the exam when it licensed you.
• Retesting. Rare for experienced clinicians, but sometimes cheaper than arguing with a board that has no other path.

Before you assume the CCC solves it, read why ASHA's CCC is not a state license. The certificate can replace exam paperwork in some states; it never replaces the license itself.

Does the audiology exam work the same way?

Yes, with one wrinkle. ASHA's passing score for the current audiology test, 5343, is 162. ASHA still accepts a passing score on the older audiology versions, 5342 and 0342, where a state licensing agency requires that version, and the passing score on that older version is 170. If your audiology score predates the current test, expect a board to look at which version you took.

When do the exams move to PSI?

ASHA announced that on January 11, 2027, the audiology and speech-language pathology Praxis exams, along with the assistant certification exams, move to PSI, which ASHA describes as a wholly owned subsidiary of ETS (ASHA, Praxis exam). Through December 31, 2026, the exams stay available through ETS and Prometric. Registration through PSI opens November 3, 2026. ASHA says exam content and passing points stay the same and that ETS Data Manager will continue to support licensure boards verifying results.

For anyone applying for a license in 2027, the practical advice is to order score reports you need before the switch if you can, and keep your ETS account login. When a board asks how a score will reach it after the move, its answer is the one that counts.

Can we order the score report for you?

The ETS account is yours, and the order is placed from it. What we do is tell you exactly which boards need a report, which code each uses, whether your score is inside the window, and whether a CCC or endorsement route would let you skip it. That work is part of our License by Endorsement service at $599 per state and our Full State License Application at $749 per state. ETS and board fees are separate. Compare state requirements on the state license index.