Licensure | Illinois Content Exams

Target Language Proficiency Exam (056)

Corps members assigned to teach Bilingual Education must take two exams- the content exam for the subject you’re assigned to teach and the Target Language Proficiency Spanish (056) exam. Your 056 exam is a computer-based test that you can take at a testing location located in Illinois. It includes 55 multiple-choice questions and 2 constructed-response assignments where you record a spoken response. Due to the spoken response portion of the exam your score report dates are often received later than a typical content exam. Corps Members who take this exam should be fluent in speaking, reading, and writing Spanish.

Logistics

  • This exam is computer-based (however you have to take it at a testing center in IL).

  • This exam costs $122.

  • If you fail, you can retake this exam. However, you must wait 14 days before re-testing.

  • Unlike content exams that are offered consistently year round, this exam is only offered at certain testing windows throughout the year. We suggest you try to schedule this exam as soon as possible.

Exam Specific Resources

  • Study Guide

  • Free Practice Test

    • When you register for your exam, you will be given access automatically from your account to an online practice test. This practice test includes selected-response questions and constructed-response assignment(s), if applicable, representative of the actual test and the following features:

      • A realistic interactive online experience similar to an actual computer-based testing environment

      • An optional tutorial

      • The option to move through the question screens in order, or to return to questions that you may choose to skip at first or to flag for later review

      • Immediate feedback regarding the correct response for each selected-response question and a sample strong response to the constructed-response assignment(s), if applicable

      You will have 120 days to access your practice test, beginning on the date of activation.

      While testing, you may pause the practice test and return to it later; you do not have to finish in a single session. Each practice test includes field-specific directions similar to those that will be presented in the operational testing environment. Practice test questions may include graphics, audio materials, and writing assignments, as appropriate.

      Your practice test can be submitted for scoring only once, but it will be available for your review until the end of your 120-day subscription period. After you submit your practice test for scoring, you will receive immediate results.

  • Computer-Based Testing Tutorials to learn more about how to record your spoken response

  • Character Selector Tutorial to help you use special characters in your responses

Test Taking Strategies

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