The mission of Testing Services is to provide fair, courteous, professional testing services in a controlled, proctored environment, promoting high-quality operations and ethical practices as outlined in the Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education and the National College Testing Association’s Professional Standards and Guidelines for Post-Secondary Test Centers.
Testing Services administers a variety of paper-based and computer-based standardized testing programs for admission, placement, and certification. Information and test registration is distributed through Testing Services’ Web site and participation in campus events such as Graduate and Professional School Day, Week of Welcome, and Open House.
Testing Services is committed to delivering tests through a secure network, managed by Educational Testing Service, by providing updated computer hardware and maintaining certification for its administrators.
Testing Services provides registration, scheduling, proctoring, and test administration support for standardized testing programs such as the CSU English Placement and Entry Level Math Tests (EPT/ELM), the California Subject Examinations for Teachers (CSET), the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT), and others.
Testing Services provides proctoring services for students participating in distance learning programs or correspondence degree programs, and professionals needing to be tested in order to receive certification in their field. Testing Services maintains membership in the Consortium of College Testing Centers, a national referral source for distance learning.
All testing services described above can be adapted to accommodate the needs of appropriately verified persons with disabilities. Arrangements to receive such services must be made in a timely manner.
The Disability Resource Center administers tests to students with disabilities when regular classroom administration is not feasible due to verified disability- related functional limitations.
Test accommodations will be provided based upon the following policies: https://drc.calpoly.edu/content/services/test_accommodations
Students authorized for accommodated testing must sign a DRC Testing Agreement http://www.drc.calpoly.edu/services/testing%20agreement.html
Students taking tests proctored by the DRC are required to adhere to campus policies addressing the issues of cheating and plagiarism.
Students who violate the terms of their Testing Agreement will be subject to appropriate disciplinary action per relevant University and CSU policies.
Accommodated testing can be provided by an instructor so long as it is done within the terms of the DRC student’s Accommodation Agreement.
