Testing Services
Testing for Students with Disabilities
Students registered with Services to Students with Disabilities, (SSWD), are able to take exams in an environment free from distractions, with tools usually not available in the classroom. Some of the testing accommodations available to students are; readers and scribes, computer assisted and computer adaptive software, and wheelchair accessible and adjustable tables. Group room testing times are 12:30 PM on Monday, and 8:30 AM and 12:30 PM Tuesdays - Thursdays. Students arriving after 8:45 AM or 12:45 PM will not be admitted to the testing room. Testing Accommodation Instruction forms are to be completed by faculty and submitted with the exam. Exams should not be faxed or e-mailed.
Students authorized "Quiet room/small group room appropriate for testing" schedule below. EXCEPTION: Computer-based testing is NOT offered in the group room. If you have accommodations for quiet room/small group room and have an exam on SacCT or any other computer-based exam, please see list of open computer labs on campus (http://www.csus.edu/irt/Labs/hours.html and the Laptop Loan Service (http://www.csus.edu/laptoploan/ as other options. If you have any additional questions about your accommodations, please contact SSWD at (916) 278-6955 (voice), 278-7239 (TTY).
Students registered with SSWD and authorized private rooms, or other Testing Center resources listed on their Certification of Test/Course Accommodation, schedule appointments with the Testing Center receptionist or by calling (916) 278-6296.
Appointments scheduled here by students who do not have special testing accommodations, will not be honored.
Schedule 8:30 AM or 12:30 PM appointments here,
then print your confirmation!
NOTE: For finals week (May 20-24), please sign up in the Testing Center, Lassen Hall, Room 2302 or call 278-6296.
Make Up Exam Program
Make-up Exam testing is Monday at 9 a.m. and Friday at 9 a.m. and
1 p.m. during the academic year. Students, with instructor’s permission,
can schedule appointments to take missed classroom exams, exams with
class conflicts or exams for distance education courses. Computers are
not available for testing. Faculty who choose to use this service,
submit the test AND a completed Make-up Testing Instruction form,
to the Testing Center, Lassen Hall 2302. The Testing Instruction
form is available HERE.
Schedule your appointment here, then print your confirmation!
NOTE: For finals week (May 20-24), makeup testing will be May 20, 21 and 22 at 4:00 p.m. Please sign up in Testing Center, Lassen Hall, Room 2302 or call 278-6296.
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Writing Placement (for) Juniors (WPJ)
Beginning July 2009, all undergraduate students with 60 units must begin to satisfy the Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR).
Click here for more information.
BackChallenge Exams
Departments offering students academic credit by examination can have exams
administered by the Testing Center. Appointments must be scheduled in advance for
individual or group testing.
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Master’s Comprehensive Exams
The Testing Center administers comprehensive exams for the Communication Studies
Department, the Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation and School
Psychology and the Foreign Language Department.
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Psychological Testing
The Testing Center administers personality tests, vocational interest tests, and ability and aptitude tests for the departments of Psychology, Counselor Education, Recreation and Leisure Studies, and Communication Studies. Sac State students with a referral from faculty or qualified university staff may schedule appointments to take psychological tests.
Schedule 8:30 AM or 12:30 PM appointments here,
then print your confirmation!
Correspondence Exams
The Testing Center administers correspondence exams on a limited basis and by appointment only.
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Consultation
The Testing Center works with faculty and administrators to address issues such as
ethics in testing and the appropriateness of certain tests, for specific purposes.
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