Preparing Candidates for the National Examination

Your students look to you for academic and professional guidance. As faculty, you can help your students prepare for the National Audiology Examination™ and National Speech-Language Pathology Examination™—an important career step for any beginning practitioner.

As the examinations transition from ETS to PSI, faculty can encourage students to plan based on when they intend to test. The exam content, format, and passing standards are not changing as part of the transition—students can continue preparing using the current exam content and preparation resources.

• Candidates testing in 2026 should continue to follow ETS registration procedures for the Praxis examinations.
• Candidates testing in 2027 can register and schedule the National Audiology Examination™ or National Speech-Language Pathology Examination™ directly through PSI. Testing with PSI begins January 11, 2027.

Faculty can also help students by doing the following:

• Get familiar with the exam format and content.
• Consider ways to incorporate case study multiple-choice questions into course activities and multiple-choice questions with varying degrees of complexity.
• Give students opportunities to practice clinical problem-solving exam questions in academic classes.
• Provide sample exam questions for each class and discuss the answers during class.
• Encourage students to use available exam preparation materials and practice questions.
• Discuss the exams throughout the academic program as a certification and licensure requirement.
• Schedule department comprehensive examinations at a time that does not conflict or compete with the examinations.
• Help students organize study groups/review sessions.
• Encourage students to prepare for the examination.
• Advise students on the most appropriate time to take the exam.
• Review the Examinee Score Report with recent test-takers.