Registration Information

TExMaT Tests Offered

The Master Reading Teacher (MRT), Master Mathematics Teacher (MMT), and Master Science Teacher (MST) tests are paper-based tests. The Master Technology Teacher (MTT) test is administered by computer separately from the other TExMaT tests at specially equipped computer-administered test centers statewide.

Test Name	Test Code
Master Reading Teacher	085

Test Name	Test Code
Master Mathematics Teacher EC-4	087
Master Mathematics Teacher 4-8	088
Master Mathematics Teacher 8-12	089

Test Name	Test Code
Master Science Teacher EC-4	090
Master Science Teacher 4-8	091
Master Science Teacher 8-12	092

Test Name	Test Code
Master Technology Teacher EC-12	086

Registration Steps

Even if you have already taken a Texas Educator Certification Program test, you must get approval your Educator Preparation Program (EPP) to take a TExMat test.

If you are a first-time testing candidate, you must go to the SBEC website and create an account. When you create your account you will complete an Educator Profile and obtain a TEA ID number. See Creating Your SBEC Account. You will be able to view your approved examinations in your Educator Profile uner "View Examinations."

Once you have created your SBEC account, go to the ETS TExES online registration system and create a testing account. See Creating Your ETS Testing Account. You will register to test through your ETS testing account.

Creating Your SBEC Account

Go to the SBEC website, select the link for SBEC Online, and follow the screens. If you already have an account, review and confirm your information and complete all required fields. Remember: the name you create this account under must match the ID documents you will present on the day of the test; otherwise you may be prohibited from taking the test or your test scores may be canceled after you take the test. Be sure to enter your full name exactly as it appears on your ID.
Complete or update your SBEC Educator Profile, especially your mailing address, phone number, and e-mail address. All updates and corrections to your SBEC Educator Profile must be done on the SBEC website. You should check your SBEC Educator Profile on a regular basis to make sure all of your information is current. See Correcting or Updating Your SBEC Educator Profile.
Your SBEC Educator Profile will contain your assigned TEA ID number. A TEA ID number is used for identification throughout the certification and test registration process.
Print your SBEC Educator Profile so that it will be handy when you register to test.

Creating Your ETS Testing Account

If you register online

When you access the ETS TExES online registration system for the first time, you will be required to create an ETS testing account.
Select Your Account and follow the guidelines for creating an account in the ETS TExES online registration system. You must create an account in the ETS TExES online registration system. This is where you will register to test. You cannot register to test through your account on the SBEC site.
You will need to provide your TEA ID number, your first and last name, and your date of birth. Charter school candidates will be given a TEA ID number during the process of creating their testing account.
You may use a different user name and password for your ETS TExES account than you did on your SBEC account; however, all other information must be identical to the information you entered in your SBEC account. Remember: the name you register under must match the ID documents you will present on the day of the test; otherwise you may be prohibited from taking the test, or your test scores may be can-celed after you have taken the test. Be sure to enter your full name exactly as it appears on your ID.

If you register by phone or by mail
If you register by phone or mail, your ETS testing account will be created for you using the information you supply over the phone or on your paper registration form. This information must match the information in your SBEC account. If it does not, your registration cannot be processed.

Once your ETS testing account has been created, you will be sent an e-mail that will include a user name for your ETS testing account. To get a password, go to the ETS TExES website at www.texes.ets.org and select Your Account. Because you already have a user name, you will access your account as an existing user. Go to login and enter your user name; then select "Forgot Password?" A temporary password will be e-mailed to you. You can then log in to your account with your user name and temporary password. You will be prompted to change your temporary password when you log in.

After you create your account
You will be able to return at any time to:

self register for any exam you are eligible to take
view your registration and make changes if needed
reschedule or cancel your registration
print (or reprint) your admission ticket(s)
place orders for services, such as score verification
check the status of previously placed orders
view your score report

You cannot update your SBEC Educator Profile through your testing account in the ETS TExES online registration system. You must go to the SBEC website to update your SBEC Educator Profile. (See Correcting or Updating Your SBEC Educator Profile.)

Be sure to write your logins down and keep them in a secure place for future use. Remember that the information entered in your ETS TExES testing account must match the information in your SBEC Educator Profile. See the Quick Start Guide for New User Account Creation (PDF) and Test Registration Quick Start Guide (PDF) for step-by-step registration directions.

How to Register

Paper-Based MRT, MMT, MST Tests

Register Online

Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, during the regular, late, and emergency registration periods.
Online registrations must be completed and submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. Central time on the registration deadline dates to be eligible for that registration period. See Test Dates and Registration Deadlines. Also see Creating Your ETS Testing Account.
There is no extra charge for registering online; however, registration for a paper-based test during the late registration period incurs an additional $35 late registration fee. Registration during the emergency registration period incurs an additional $75 emergency registration fee. See Test Dates and Registration Deadlines.
If you have questions about registering online, call Customer Service at 1-800-205-2626.

Register by Phone

Available for paper-based tests only during the emergency registration period.
Call 1-800-205-2626, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Central time, Monday-Friday, excluding holidays.

Register by U.S. Mail

Available only for test takers who do not have access to an electronic mode of payment (credit/debit cards) for paper-based tests during the regular and late registration periods.
A registration form is available in the Download Library. Complete and submit the form to the address listed on the form.
Forms received during the late registration period must include the $35 late registration fee. See Test Dates and Registration Deadlines.
Registration by U.S. mail is not available for emergency registration.
If you have questions about registering by mail, call Customer Service at 1-800-205-2626.

Computer-Administered MTT Test

Phone

Currently MTT registrations can only be made by phone.
Call 1-800-205-2626, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Central time, Monday-Friday, excluding holidays.

Register Online

Online registration for the computer-administered MTT test will be implemented in December 2008. Watch this website for updates.

Selecting a Test Session

The MRT, MMT, and MST tests are offered in the morning session only.

The computer-administered MTT test is offered in the morning and in the afternoon. When you register, you may select a morning or an afternoon test session. Please note the following restrictions:

A session request can only be selected when you register.
Some test centers do not offer sessions in both the morning and afternoon.
If you register and select a test session and then make subsequent changes to your test and/or test center selection(s), you will be required to pick from the sessions that are available at the test center at the time of the change.
The session you select at registration cannot be modified on the day of the test.
Although every effort will be made to accommodate your request, session requests cannot be guaranteed.

Admission Tickets

You will need an admission ticket for each test for which you are registered. Your admission ticket will contain information about your reporting time and reporting address. If any of the information on your admission ticket is not accurate or if you have any questions about your test center assignment, call Customer Service immediately at 1-800-205-2626.

You must take your admission ticket with you to the test center on the day of the test. If you do not bring your admission ticket, you may not be permitted to test. Be sure to keep a copy for your records.

Printing Admission Tickets
You can print your admission ticket by accessing your testing account in the online registration system. If you have not already established an account in the online registration system, you will need to do so in order to print your admission ticket. See Creating Your ETS Testing Account.

You should return to your testing account and view your admission ticket 24 hours before your test to confirm that there have been no changes to your reporting schedule. If there is a test center change (e.g., a different building than originally scheduled), it will be updated in your personal account. If there have been changes, you must print a new admission ticket.

If you have questions or need help printing an admission ticket, call Customer Service at 1-800-205-2626.

NOTE: You will NOT receive a paper admission ticket in the mail.

Test Dates and Registration Deadlines

Paper-Based Tests
The MRT, MMT, and MST tests will be administered three times during the 2008-09 testing year. See test dates and registration deadlines.

Regular Registration Period

Online Registration

Registration must be completed and submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. Central time on the deadline date.

Mail-In Registration

Registration forms must be received no later than the regular registration deadline.

Late Registration Period

Online Registration

Registration must be completed and submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. Central time on the deadline date.

Mail-In Registration

Registration forms must be received no later than the late registration deadline.

A $35 nonrefundable late fee is required for registrations submitted after the regular registration deadline up to the late registration deadline. This is in addition to the standard test fee. Mailed-in registration forms received without the late fee or after the late registration deadline will be returned unprocessed. Registration by mail is not available after the late registration deadline.

Emergency Registration Period

Online Registration

Registration must be completed and submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. Central time on the deadline date.

Phone Registration

Registration must be completed no later than 5:00 p.m. Central time on the deadline date.

A $75 fee is required for registrations submitted after the late registration deadline up to the emergency registration deadline. This is in addition to the standard test fee. The emergency registration deadline is the last possible date to register to test or reschedule.

Computer-Administered MTT Test

The computer-administered MTT test is offered every other month during a one- or two-week administration window. Registration must be completed at least four business days before the test date. When you call to register, available test dates will be provided to you. All seating for the computer-administered MTT test is on a space-available basis, so it is important to register early to be able to test on your desired date.

Change Requests

Requests to change your test, test date, or test center can be made:

Online
By calling Customer Service at 1-800-205-2626. You must make the call yourself. No one else will be allowed to request changes for you.
If you are registered for a paper-based test, you may also request changes by completing and submitting a Change Request form. Completion and submission instructions are on the form.
If you are registered for a computer-administered test, you cannot use the Change Request form. You must make your request online or by phone.
You cannot make a request to change from a paper-based test to a computer-administered test and vice versa. To do this, you must cancel the test for which you are registered and then register for the new test.
If you are registered for Monday testing or nonstandard testing accommodations, you cannot reschedule online; you may only reschedule using the Change Request form.

A test date can only be changed to a date within the current testing year. If you are affiliated with an EPP, you must be preapproved by your program for the new test you are planning to take. Contact them for further information.

The deadline for making changes for the paper-based MRT, MMT, and MST tests is the emergency registration deadline. Changes for the computer-administered MTT test can be made up to four business days before the test date. Changes in registration will be processed only if seats are available at the requested test center, on the requested date, and at the requested time. If you are requesting testing accommodations, you must mail the Change Request form to ETS Disability Services. The mailing address is on the form. These requests must be received by the late registration deadline.

A $15 processing fee is charged for all registration changes during the regular or late registration period; this is in addition to the $120 test fee. Registration changes made during the emergency registration period incur a $75 processing fee in addition to the $120 test fee. If you submit your request by mail, you must include payment for the change fee along with your request. See Fees for Tests and Related Services for payment policies.

Canceling a Test

You may cancel a test for which you have registered through your ETS testing account. If you are registered for a paper-based test you may also cancel by completing and submitting the Test Cancellation form. Mail or fax the completed form to the address or fax number listed on the form. If you are registered for Monday testing (for military or religious reasons), military testing, or nonstandard testing accommodations cannot cancel online; you may only cancel using the Test Cancellation form. See cancellation deadlines and refund information below.

Paper-Based MRT, MMT, MST Tests

If the cancellation is processed online or received via mail by the regular registration deadline, the full test fee will be refunded, less a $20 refund fee.
If the cancellation is processed online or received via mail after the regular registration deadline but before the late registration deadline, the full test fee will be refunded, less a $30 refund fee.
Cancellations processed online or received via mail after the late registration deadline will not be eligible for a refund.

Computer-Administered MTT Test

If the cancellation is process online or by phone no later than three business days prior to the test date, the full test fee will be refunded, less a $30 refund fee.
Cancellations processed online or by phone less than three business days prior to the test date will not be eligible for a refund.

Test Retake Policy

If you do not pass a paper-based TExMaT test, you can retake it at any subsequent paper-based test administration. However, if you take the MTT computer-administered test, you cannot retake a computer-administered version of the same test for 60 days.

You must check with your EPP to see if you need approval to retest. Contact them for further information.

Correcting or Updating Your SBEC Educator Profile

Your can update your mailing address, phone number and e-mail address by logging in to your Educator Profile on the SBEC website. To make a name change, you must submit documentation to:

Director of Credentialing Services
1701 N. Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78701

You may also contact SBEC via e-mail. Go to the "Contact Us" section of the SBEC website.

Name changes must be made in conjunction with your primary ID documents. The name in your Educator Profile must match the identification document(s) you will present at the test center. After updating your Educator Profile, please confirm the changes by logging in to your testing account in the ETS online registration system and clicking on "Edit Your Profile" to confirm that the information retrieved from SBEC is correct.

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