Carlton A. James

Founder & Chief AI Officer, PraxisPass

CTE Instructor, Largo High School · Prince George's County, Maryland

20-Year Navy VeteranCTE InstructorPraxis CandidateAI Developer

Carlton A. James served 20 years in the United States Navy before retiring and becoming a Career and Technical Education instructor at Largo High School in Prince George's County, Maryland. When he made that transition, he discovered a problem: to earn his Initial Professional License, he had to pass the Praxis examination.

He looked at every available prep platform. They all had the same flaw. They gave him content — question banks, flashcards, video lectures — but none of them told him the one thing he actually needed to know: am I ready to book this exam?

A data professional who spent two decades working with intelligence systems, Carlton built the platform he needed. PraxisPass is the only Praxis prep platform that tells a teacher candidate exactly when their Exam Readiness Score — a five-dimensional composite — is high enough to pass. When your Pass Probability Score reaches 90%, sustained for 7 consecutive days with two passing mock exams, PraxisPass tells you to book.

"Know your score before you sit down."

— Carlton A. James

Carlton's Required Exams

PraxisPass was built for Carlton's own exam stack — and every Largo teacher who uses it is part of the data flywheel that makes the platform more accurate every year.

5713Pass: 156

Core Reading

Gate 1 — July 18, 2026

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5723Pass: 162

Core Writing

Gate 1 — July 18, 2026

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5624Pass: 157

PLT Grades 7–12

Gate 1 — July 18, 2026 (Primary)

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PPAT

PPAT Performance Assessment

Gate 2 — November 10, 2026

Built by a teacher who had to pass it himself

Every question Carlton studies on PraxisPass makes the platform stronger for every teacher who comes after him.

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