The Test Center administers exams for all online courses. Instructors may arrange testing for students needing to take makeup exams for traditional courses, as well as those requiring extended time or modified conditions due to learning disabilities, physical handicaps, or test anxiety. The Test Center is not a proctoring site for traditional courses. Exceptions must be approved in advance by the Director of Testing.

Location

The Test Center is located on the third floor in the Rouse Company Foundation Student Services Hall. RCF-359 can seat 40 students at desks. Two tables and chairs are available for students who need larger writing or seating surfaces. RCF-366 accommodates 24 students at computers that may be reserved for  computerized placement testing. Academic make-up tests requiring a computer may be administered in the placement room as long as placement tests are not interrupted.

Academic testing is offered on a walk-in basis during the scheduled hours of operation. Test Center hours are strictly enforced. Students are responsible for allotting time to complete tests before closing time.

A Test Center schedule is distributed to faculty members at the start of each semester.  You will be notified via e-mail of major schedule changes. Students are also advised to check the schedule on the door in RCF-359. Emergency schedule changes and reminders of scheduled closings are posted there as well.

 Test Center Staff

Submitting Tests to be Filed in the Test Center 

Test Information Form

Please note - if you are going to utilize the online format for the test information form, please be aware of the following policies:

• You must provide hard copies of the test and the completed test information form, as well as any materials needed such as scantrons or blue books
• You must provide a hard copy of the test for each student being tested
• You must provide two copies of the test information form - if only one copy is provided it will be retained by the test center

Test Information Forms are available online and in the Division Offices and the Test Center. To assist Test Center personnel in administering your tests efficiently and fairly, and to help ensure that your students' tests are returned without delay, please follow these guidelines:

1. Faculty names should appear on every student test sheet filed in the Test Center. With many instructors teaching the same course (sometimes using the same exam), accuracy in returning completed exams is a major concern. Having faculty names on exams greatly facilitates the return of exams to the correct instructor.
2. A Test Information Form must accompany each test put on file. (Note: multiple copies of the same test may be submitted with one form, additional copies may be added to the file without a separate form).
3. Be sure your form includes a completion date. Tests will be administered to students until closing time on the completion date, unless you indicate an earlier time restriction (i.e. 10/4 by 2:30 p.m.).
4. List names of students to be tested. If you have many students to be tested, please submit a copy of the class roster. Please do not indicate “any who ask” on the form.
5. Include enough tests, scantrons, bluebooks, disks, and other materials to service your students sufficiently.  
6. Use the "Additional Materials Needed" section of the Test Request Form to list whether calculators, notecards, formula sheets, periodic charts, outlines, etc. are permitted. All instructors do not have the same restrictions for the same course. We do not want to deprive students of permitted aids, nor do we want to allow aids that you would not permit.
7. All tests must be held for instructor pick-up or sent to an academic division office.

Test Drop-Off and Pick-up

• Tests may be dropped off daily during general business hours at the front counter of the Test Center in RCF-359.
• Completed tests should be picked up daily by the division office.
• Instructors may ask via the test request from, that their test be held at the test center for pick up.
• Due to required Test Center coverage,  staff is unable to deliver or pickup tests from division offices.
• Under no circumstances may tests be sent via interofffice mail or students regardless of type of test.

Available Equipment

The Test Center has an audio cassette tape player with headphones, a VCR, and computers (when placement tests are not in session). An appointment is recommended for students who need to use the computers in the Test Center, as students taking placement tests and students with learning disabilities or physical handicaps have priority use of the computers.

Special Requests

The Test Center staff is here to help provide the best alternative-testing accomodations for all faculty and students. Please feel free to contact Eli Stav, Caroline Wood or Rickie Coffey, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. with any problems or concerns that might arise, and we will work with you to find solutions. Daytime or evening, the Test Center staff looks forward to working with you.

Academic Honesty/Testing Irregularities

The Student Conduct Code is described in detail in the Student Handbook. All regulations and policies are strictly enforced in the Test Center. If we directly observe cheating, we take the student aside and explain that testing will be terminated because of what we have observed. We explain that the test, any unauthorized materials, and documentation of our observations will be turned over to the instructor, who will decide how the matter will be handled. We advise the student to discuss the situation with the instructor responsible for the test.

The Test Center staff is aware that there are many pressures on students in a testing situation, and that any accusations of cheating can have serious academic, psychological and legal ramifications. Therefore, it is our policy never to accuse a student of cheating or speculate on the likely outcome of the "incident". We are aware that it may be necessary for the student to test in the Test Center on other occasions, and it is important that the student feel comfortable about doing so.