ParaPro Assessment
Credential Source Contact Information
- Source Company Name:
- Educational Testing Service (ETS)
- Contact:
- Malik McKinley, Client Relations Director, Virginia
- Email:
- mmckinley@ets.org
- Website:
- ets.org
Credential Contractor
- Credential Contractor:
- Same as source
- Contact:
- Same as source
- Phone:
- Same as source
- Email:
- Same as source
Test Administration
- Test Site:
-
- School: Online
- Testing facility
- Paper & Pencil
- Yes
- Can the instructor take this test?:
- Yes
- Number of Test Items:
- 90 (No response from source about accommodations or test information for 2023-24 or 2024-25.)
- Time Allowed (minutes):
Test takers have two and a half hours to complete the test.
(No response from source about accommodations or test information for 2023-24 or 2024-25.)
- Passing Score (percent):
455 (ParaPro Assessment)
ParaPathways Assessment
- Reading and Writing: 332
- Mathematics: 334
- Students must pass both subtests (Reading and Writing, and Mathematics) to obtain this certification.
(No response from source about accommodations or test information for 2023-24 or 2024-25.)
- Cost Per Test:
At-home testing: $91; in-person cost: $51
(No response from source about accommodations or test information for 2023-24 or 2024-25.)
- Test Specifics:
-
(No response from source about accommodations or test information for 2023-24 or 2024-25.)
- Additional information:
- ETS makes every effort to provide approved accommodations for any test taker.
(No response from source about accommodations or test information for 2023-24 or 2024-25.)
- Notes:
ParaPathways Assessment Update (September 2026)
The ParaPro Assessment (ETS Code 1755, single test) is transitioning to the new ParaPathways Assessment (ETS Code 5757), which now consists of two subtests: Reading and Writing (5758) and Mathematics (5759). Candidates must pass both subtests to earn the certification. During the transition period from Sept. 1, 2025, through Aug. 31, 2026, both the retiring ParaPro and the new ParaPathways assessments were active. However, the last day to take the ParaPro Assessment was June 30, 2026, which means some candidates may still receive either one test score (ParaPro) or two subtest scores (ParaPathways), depending on which assessment format they completed.
The Virginia Department of Education Office of Career and Technical Education requests that individuals taking the ParaPathways Assessment continue to use the ParaPro Assessment test name and reporting code, because the Board-approved credentials list cannot be updated at this time.
Timing
- Multiple test sessions:
- Yes
- Time of day
- Yes
- Order of tasks
- Yes
- Planned breaks during test
- Yes
- Is extended time an option for the test-taker?
- No
Setting
- Test location
- Yes
- Adaptive or special furniture
- Yes
- Special lighting
- Yes
Presentation
- Written directions accompanying oral directions
- Yes
- Specific verbal prompts
- Yes
- Visual aids
- No
- Amplification equipment
- Yes
- Headphones, earmuffs, or earplugs
- Yes
- Large-print test
- Yes
- Braille test
- Yes
- Read-aloud test
- Yes
- Audio test
- Yes
- Interpreting/transliterating testing directions
- Yes
- Interpreting/Transliterating the test
- No
Response
- Enlarged copy of the answer document
- Yes
- Communication board or choice cards
- Yes
- Examiner records responses
- Yes
- Brailler
- Yes
- Word processor or word processor with speech-to-text
- Yes
- Augmentative communication device
- No
- Word prediction software
- No
- Spelling aids
- No
- English dictionary
- No
- Dictation using a recording device
- Yes
- Dictation to a scribe
- Yes
- Read back student response
- Yes
- Calculator and arithmetic tools
- Yes
- Calculator with additional functions
- Yes
- Math aids
- Yes
- Dry erase board
- Yes
- Additional writing implements
- No
- Audio test
- Yes
- Bilingual dictionary
- No
- Dictation to a scribe
- Yes
- English dictionary
- No
- Examiner records responses
- Yes
- Flexible Schedule
- Yes
- Is extended time an option for the test-taker?
- No
- Multiple test sessions
- Yes
- Read-aloud test
- Yes
- Test directions delivery
- Yes
- Visual aids
- Yes
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