Students are responsible for making appointments a minimum of seven business days prior to date the test is administered. Adherence to this deadline will insure that the Testing Center has sufficient time to locate a proctor and to confirm arrangements with both the student and the instructor. The Testing Center requires communication from both the student and faculty. Remind faculty to complete a Faculty Test Proctor Request Form electronically at http://testcenter.mst.edu/forms_testrequest.html. A test will not be administered without a submitted request.

A test request for the same day will not be accepted. 

When students report to the Testing Center, on the day of the test, they must present photo identification. A test will not be administered without proper photo identification.

Acceptable forms of photo identification:

• Driver's License (not expired)
  
• Passport
  
• Missouri S&T Student ID

Items to be placed outside of the testing room:

• Backpacks
  
• Coats
  
• Hats
  
• Food and Drink
  
• Electronic Devices
  -cell phones, PDAs, MP3 players
  -calculators, if not permitted by the instructor

It is the student’s responsibility to communicate with the instructor regarding items allowed during the test like a calculator, crib sheet, textbook, etc. The instructor will inform the Testing Center in regards to acceptable materials.

A student reporting more than 15 minutes late to a scheduled appointment is required to leave the Testing Center.  If this happens to a student, he/she will immediately contact the course instructor who may or may not give permission to complete that day’s exam.

Immediately leave the Testing Center area, once a test is completed.  Do not linger waiting to discuss the completed test with a classmate.

 Final Exam Scheduling

Final exams must be scheduled by the last Friday in October during the Fall semester and the last Friday in February during the Spring semester.  If a final exam is scheduled any later than this it is possible the Testing Center will not be able to accommodate a student’s exam.  Final exam dates are posted on the Registrar’s Office web page.

 

Eligibility for Testing Center Services

Automatic Eligibility

Self identified students with a disability, who have filed the necessary documentation with the Disability Support Services (DSS) Advisor and approved to receive accommodations

Special Circumstances Eligibility

Received permission from the faculty to make up a test due to participation in an off campus University sponsored activity

Received permission from the faculty to make up a test due to illness/injury, death of an immediate family member, and/or other personal reasons 

A test request for the same day will not be accepted. If an accommodation is part of the request we need a reasonable timeframe to make any necessary provisions. 

Right to refuse service if it is:

• A student reports more than 15 minutes late to scheduled appointment
• A busy time of the semester, i.e. Midterm and Finals
• Less than seven days notice from the student and/or faculty member,
• If testing staff is presented with a test and an appointment has not been made
• Faculty Test Request Form not received by the Testing Center
• Limited space and/or staff
• Building maintenance, special presentations

 Academic Integrity

While testing if evidence is found or an observation has been made in regards to cheating, testing will be immediately stopped and all materials confiscated. Testing staff will be notifying the instructor at the time of the incident. Thereafter, decisions regarding further action, associated with cheating, will be deferred to the instructor.

Behaviors that will involve the student's dismissal from the Testing Center:

• using a cell phone
  
• using unauthorized aids - i.e. anything the professor does not allow during the test
  
• giving or receiving assistance
  
• disturbing other examinees or behaving inappropriately
  
• communicating about the test with any person other than the Manager of Testing
  Services or Professional Center Staff
  
• removing any part of the test
  
• not turning in scrap paper
  
• not turning in all testing materials
  
• working longer than permitted
  
• refusing to adhere to the instructors directions

Students will be disciplined according to the University's Standard of Conduct .

Disclaimer

The Testing Center does not have the ability or capacity to evaluate individual cases, in regards to test anxiety, English comprehension, or diagnosing disabilities.

If a faculty member permits the student to take a test in the Testing Center, it does not guarantee the student will use the Testing Center for every classroom test.  The faculty member decides if a test is administered through our office.