CSET: Music
The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing is redeveloping the CSET Art and Music examinations to align with the 2019 Visual and Performing Arts Standards adopted by the California State Board of Education.
Additional information pertaining to these redeveloped examinations, including test information and preparation materials, will be available on this website in July 2022.
CSET: Music consists of 3 subtests:
- Subtest I (test code 136)
- Subtest II (test code 137)
- Subtest III (test code 138)
Subtest II consists of two sections: (1) a multiple-choice section, presented on screen at your computer-based test administration, and (2) a video performance component. Please review important dates/deadlines
for the deadlines to schedule your test appointment and submit your video performance. One week after the scheduling deadline, a materials packet containing all necessary materials for uploading your video submission will be sent by U.S. mail upon confirmation of your scheduled test appointment.
You may register to take any one subtest in a single test session.
Computer-based test (CBT) only:
- Subtest I: 45 multiple-choice questions and 3 constructed-response questions
- Subtest II: 40 multiple-choice questions and 2 constructed-response questions, including a video performance component
- Subtest III: 40 multiple-choice questions and 2 constructed-response questions
By appointment during the following 4-week testing windows:
Aug. 2–Aug. 29, 2021
Nov. 22–Dec. 19, 2021
Jan. 17–Feb. 13, 2022
Mar. 14–Apr. 10, 2022
If you register to take Subtest II, you must schedule an appointment by the scheduling deadline for the testing window in which you wish to test.
Review important dates/deadlines.
Check appointment availability 
.
Subtest I: 2 hours and 15 minutes
Subtest II: 1 hour
Subtest III: 1 hour and 45 minutes
15 additional minutes are provided to complete a nondisclosure agreement and tutorial. Any time taken for breaks is considered part of your available testing time.
Subtest III includes one or more assignments that allow you to handwrite and scan responses.
See
scanning instructions 
and the
hand-draw tutorial video for information on how to use a response sheet for handwritten responses.
(The instructions will be available during testing.)
Tests may include questions that are evaluated for future administrations and do not affect a candidate's score.
Subtest II Video Performance Component
A materials packet including the Exercise Booklet, Submission Checklist containing uploading instructions, and Candidate ID Form will be sent by U.S. mail to you one week after the scheduling deadline and upon confirmation of your scheduled test appointment.
If you scheduled your test appointment for Subtest II and have not received your instruction packet by two weeks after the scheduling deadline,
contact Evaluation Systems.
For additional information about the submission of video-recorded materials for Subtest II, please refer to the CSET: Music Subtest II Video Performance Procedures Manual .
|
Testing Window |
Scheduling Deadline*
(by 10:00 p.m. Pacific time) |
Submission Deadline |
| 8/2/2021–8/29/2021 | 7/25/2021 | 8/22/2021 |
| 11/22/2021–12/19/2021 | 11/14/2021 | 12/12/2021 |
| 1/17/2022–2/13/2022 | 1/9/2022 | 2/6/2022 |
| 3/14/2022–4/10/2022 | 3/6/2022 | 4/3/2022 |
*This is the last date by which you can log in to your account to schedule a testing appointment for the testing window listed. No appointments can be scheduled in the testing window after 10:00 p.m. Pacific time on the scheduling deadline.
If you cancel or wish to change the test date, test center, or test time of your test appointment after the scheduling deadline for Music Subtest II, you will not be able to reschedule within the same testing window.
A materials packet including the Exercise Booklet, Submission Checklist, and Candidate ID Form will be mailed to you one week after the scheduling deadline and upon confirmation of your scheduled test appointment.
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