TExES Approval/Request System (TAR)
Texas Examinations of Educator Standards (TExES)
General Information on TAR
TAR does not operate during most holidays or Spring Break. TAR
deadlines are earlier than ETS regular registration deadlines.
Once you decide to test, you notify TAMUCC of your intent by submitting your information to TAR. TAR is TAMUCC's electronic TExES Approval/Request System. TAR allows you to submit your information securely, online to TAMUCC. TAR serves only as a notification system to TAMUCC- you are NOT registering for an exam, but merely asking permission from TAMUCC to allow you to take a certification exam(s).
Once you have obtained permission from TAMUCC to test, TAMUCC uploads your information to the TEA database and you will be notified so that you can proceed with the registration process. See Steps for Registering on the left.
TAR shuts down at Noon on the date before the regular registration deadline to process all existing requests. Submitting your request to test close to registration deadlines will cause you to incur additional test registration fees.
You must have been admitted to Teacher Education before taking any of your certification exams. Contact 825–3074 for more information.
If you requested to test and were approved but did not test, your approval should still be available. Check the ETS website and if the test you wish to take shows, you may register.
Request
Paper requests are no longer accepted by TAMUCC. Please visit
the link below to submit the required information so that TAMUCC
can upload your information to the TEA database.
- All communication will be via email so it is extremely important that you type your email address accurately. Islander email address will be used for all students enrolled at TAMUCC.
- All information must be typed accurately. Check each page before proceeding.
- Submit your request one time only. You will immediately receive an email saying that your request is being processed and to monitor your email.
- Approvals for all content exams will automatically be generated via email to content area program coordinators by TAR. As soon as your transcript has been evaluated and you are approved or denied, you will receive an email.
- Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities requests should not be submitted by students who are still in their certification program until they have completed the PPR pre–test.
Once your information has been uploaded, you will receive an email telling you to visit the SBEC website at http://www.sbec.state.tx.us to set up your educator account; then to visit the ETS website at http://www.texes.ets.org to set up your ETS account. Next, you will register for your exams at the ETS site. You cannot set up any of your accounts until your information has been uploaded, so do not try to proceed until you receive the upload email.
- Don't wait until the last day to request to test! TAR shuts down at noon on the date before the regular registration deadline to process all existing requests.
- NOTE: YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED UNTIL YOU PAY FOR YOUR EXAMS at the ETS website. DO NOT REGISTER ON THE SBEC website as this is for your actual certification. Certification costs about $75.00; certification exams are $82.00 each. (This fee will increase to $120.00 beginning August 11, 2008.)
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