Testing Accommodations
Disability Services (DS) allows students to complete a wide range of exams and assessments through our testing services to help ensure students receive approved testing accommodations. This includes:
- ACTC placement exams, such as TABE and KYOTE
- Course exams for both on campus and online classes.
- Standardized exams such as the ACT, National League of Nursing, Nursing Entrance Exam (NLN-NEX), and National Health Career Association (NHA) certification exams.
PLACEMENT TESTING
Disability Services offers placement testing in individual or small-group settings to support approved accommodations. Students requesting testing accommodations must submit documentation and schedule their exam in advance. Walk-in testing is not available.
COURSE TESTING
- Information about approved testing accommodations is included in notification forms provided to instructors at the beginning of each semester in which the student requests accommodations.
- Disability Services staff will provide or arrange test proctoring for students whose accommodations require an alternative testing environment or other testing supports. However, students are responsible for communicating with their instructors before exams to verify if they wish to test with DS.
- All proctored exams must be scheduled in advance. Scheduling requests should be made in person or by an email sent to both DS staff members.
- Students should submit testing requests as soon as they become aware of an exam date and no later than two business days before the exam. While DS will make every effort to accommodate late requests, availability cannot be guaranteed for exams scheduled less than two business days in advance.
- Students who require a reader and/or scribe should submit their requests at least four business days before the exam to ensure staff availability.
- Testing accommodations are not retroactive. Students who have not requested testing accommodations or who are approved for testing accommodations but choose to test without them may not later request to retake that exam with accommodations because they are dissatisfied with their score.
- Students may begin utilizing approved testing accommodations at any point during the semester; however, previously completed exams are not eligible for retesting through Disability Services.
- Course exams given by Disability Services staff are administered simultaneously to when the exam is given in the classroom when at all possible. Make-up exams or other special arrangements may be made on a limited basis but require instructor approval.
- While testing, students may only have with them what instructors have expressly approved (e.g., calculator, formula sheet, note cards, etc.). Instructors must verify these allowable items with Disability Services’ staff
Standardized EXams
While accommodations for placement and course testing are determined and approved through the process of registration with Disability Services, accommodations for ACT, NLN-NEX, NHA certification exams, and all other standardized testing require approval from the testing agency/organization.
This typically requires completion of an online application with submission of supporting documentation. Many organizations also require scheduling an exam date before submitting an accommodations request.
Disability Services staff are available to assist students with completing accommodation requests and gathering required documentation. Students should contact staff members as soon as they become aware of their testing needs because many testing organizations require accommodation requests be submitted at least six weeks before the desired test date, and some may require longer. Students needing to take one of these exams are encouraged to begin this request process as early as possible to allow adequate time for review and approval.
