Praxis 5025 at a glance: credential, format, time limit,
question count, calculator policy and how the outline compares to what is here.
Detail
Praxis 5025
In TeachDayOne
Credential
Early Childhood Education (Birth–Grade 3)
Outline transcribed from the published Study Companion
Format
Selected-response questions
Selected-response questions
Time limit
2 hours
Untimed practice, plus a timed full-length run
Questions on the test
120
82 practice questions
Competencies
5 content areas
48 competencies, each with at least one question
Calculator
Not permitted
No calculator is used for grading
Delivery
Computer Delivered
Works in any browser, offline, on a phone
Aligned with state curriculum standards and national standards, including the Next Generation Science Standards and the standards of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
ILanguage and Literacy36 questions · 30%
Recognizes various stages of language acquisition (e.g., oral language, written language -- including spelling)
Differentiates approaches in the planning and implementation of instruction for all students with diverse needs, including English-language learners (ELLs), students with special needs, and gifted and talented students
Knows how to help students develop an understanding of print awareness (e.g., environmental print, print concepts)
Understands the role of phonological awareness in literacy development
Understands the role and importance of phonics and word analysis in literacy development
Understands the role of fluency in literacy development
Understands how to use key ideas and details to comprehend literature, informational text, and images
Understands how features and structures of text across genres affect comprehension
Understands the concept of point of view using evidence from the text
Understands how to integrate and compare written, visual, and oral information from texts and multimedia sources
Knows the role of text complexity in reading development
Knows the developmental stages of writing
Understands the characteristics of common types of writing
Understands the authoring cycle of writing
Understands the characteristics of effective writing
Knows the purpose of digital media literacy for production and distribution of writing
Knows the research process that builds knowledge about a topic
Knows the characteristics of effective collaborative conversations
Knows the characteristics of engaging oral presentations
Knows the conventions of Standard English grammar, usage, mechanics, and spelling.
Understands how to determine the meaning of words and phrases
Understands characteristics of conversational, academic, and domain-specific language
IIMathematics30 questions · 25%
Understands the prerequisite skills that relate to future mathematical concept development including but not limited to the following.
Understands the processes, skills, and concepts related to the place-value system
Knows how to apply appropriate mental strategies
Understands processes, skills, and concepts related to operations and properties of operations involving whole numbers
Understands the multiple representations and meanings of a fraction
Understands the processes, skills, and concepts for working with rational fractions
Knows the processes, skills, and concepts for working with patterns
Knows the properties of the four operations and the processes, skills, and concepts for solving problems
Understands the processes, skills, and concepts for reasoning about shapes and their attributes
Understands the processes, skills, and concepts for solving problems involving measurement and estimation using standard and nonstandard units of measure
Understands the processes, skills, and concepts for representing and interpreting data
IIISocial Studies17 questions · 14%
Understands the process of exploring, identifying, and analyzing identity, individual development, and relationships to others (e.g., self-concept, self-awareness, and self-regulation and how they develop)
Knows the components of culture and why the study of culture is important
Understands spatial thinking, geographic perspectives, and the relationship between human beings and their environment
Knows ways in which human beings seek to understand their historical roots and to locate themselves in time
Understands the importance of civic participation and how people create and change structures of power, authority, and governance
IVScience17 questions · 14%
Understands fundamental concepts and processes of scientific inquiry across and within the various scientific disciplines of physical science, Earth and space science, life science, and engineering and technology
Understands the basic phenomena of the physical world
Knows the basic phenomena of Earth and space
Understands living organisms and natural systems
Is familiar with methods of facilitating problem solving through inventing solutions to simple problems
Knows appropriate technology to support scientific inquiry across domains
VHealth and Physical Education; Creative and Performing Arts20 questions · 17%
Knows fundamental health concepts and skills
Knows fundamental physical education concepts and skills
Knows why works of art are created and the processes for responding to works of art
Knows basic terminology, elements, principles, materials, and processes utilized in visual art, music, dance, and theater
About the outline above. The content
categories and competency titles on this page are transcribed verbatim from
the official ETS Praxis Early Childhood Education Study Companion. Practice items
marked ETS in the app are also transcribed, with ETS's own answer
rationales.
What test day is actually like
If you have not sat a Early Childhood Education test before, the part that
unnerves people is usually not the content. It is not knowing what you are
walking into. Here is the actual shape of it.
120Questions
2 hoursTime limit
Computer DeliveredDelivery
Not permittedCalculator
Selected-response questionsFormat
That works out to about 1 minute per question.It is the pacing, not the difficulty, that catches people out. Most
candidates lose marks by grinding one hard item and running out of time
on easy ones later. Answer the ones you know first, mark the rest, and
come back with whatever is left.
The content is split into 5 sections, weighted
like this:
Language and Literacy36 questions, 30% of the test
Mathematics30 questions, 25% of the test
Social Studies17 questions, 14% of the test
Science17 questions, 14% of the test
Health and Physical Education; Creative and Performing Arts20 questions, 17% of the test
What TeachDayOne gives you for 5025
82 practice questions covering every competency on the outline, with explanations for right and wrong answers.
A worked curriculum for all 48 competencies: key terms, worked examples, and the traps the exam is known for.
A self-test that reports accuracy per competency, not one opaque number.
Progress you can actually see, broken down by content category so you know what to study next.
Offline and mobile. Install to your home screen; it works without a connection.
Nothing to sign up for. No account, no advertising, and no premium tier to be moved to later.
How to actually study for this
The research on how people learn is consistent on one point: the method
that works best is the one that feels least like studying. It is also the one
anxious test-takers skip, which is why the practice here is built to be easy
to start and impossible to fail.
Do not just reread.Reading over material feels like studying and is the weakest use of your time. Recognition is not recall, and the exam asks you to recall.
Answer questions from memory, then check.Retrieval practice, meaning self-testing, is one of the best-evidenced study methods there is. It beats rereading, restudying, and rereading your notes.
Read the explanation either way.Right or wrong, the explanation is where the learning happens. Wrong answers especially: those are the ones you got lucky on.
Come back tomorrow.Spacing beats cramming. The same hour split across five days is worth more than five hours on one night.
Sit one timed run before test day.Full length, timed, no pausing. Pacing is a skill and it is learned by doing, not by thinking about doing.
One reassurance worth having. Practice questions in this app are not the
real exam, and your score on them is not your Praxis score. Use them to find
the competencies you do not know yet. That is the whole job.
Praxis 5025 Early Childhood Education: questions and answers
How many questions are on the Praxis Early Childhood Education (5025) exam?
The official test is 120 questions in 2 hours. Selected-response questions. It is computer delivered, and a calculator is not permitted. TeachDayOne is built against that exact structure.
How many free practice questions does TeachDayOne have for 5025?
82 questions for this exam: 0 transcribed from ETS and 82 written against the official content outline, every one labelled in the app so you always know which is which. All 48 competencies on the outline have at least one question.
What content does the Praxis 5025 exam cover?
It is divided into 5 content categories: Language and Literacy (30%), Mathematics (25%), Social Studies (14%), Science (14%), Health and Physical Education; Creative and Performing Arts (17%). The full competency outline is listed on this page and is broken down, taught and quizzed inside the app.
Is TeachDayOne really free? Is there a paywall?
Yes, and permanently. There is no account, no trial, no card and no premium tier. Progress is stored in your own browser. Signing in is optional and only adds cross-device sync.
Is this official ETS material?
No. TeachDayOne is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by ETS. Some outline text and sample items are transcribed from the published ETS Study Companion, which is why the app labels them as coming from ETS. Buy the official Study Companion and the free practice test you receive with test registration straight from ETS if you want the authoritative version.
Can I use it offline or on my phone?
Yes. It installs to the home screen on iOS and Android and runs offline via a service worker. Progress lives in local storage, so there is nothing to sign into and nothing to lose if you clear the app.
Can I see how I am doing by competency?
Yes. The Progress tab breaks your accuracy down by competency and content category, so it is clear which part of the outline to study next rather than just your overall percentage.
Does it use AI, and do I need an API key?
Ms. Kaya is an optional in-app tutor that is scoped to whichever competency you are reading, so it answers against the real outline instead of generic study advice. It is entirely optional: every question, explanation and self-test works without it. Bring your own key if you want to use it.