TESTING ACCOMMODATIONS

If the Disabled Student Programs and Services (DSPS) Counselor/Advisor determines that you are eligible for testing accommodations, those services can be arranged through the DSPS office.  Testing services are provided in the Academic Support Center (ASC) in the LRC.  Some of the accommodations that can be made are:

• Extra time to take the exam        
• Use of a word processor/typewriter/computer
• Use of a Spell Checker/dictionary
• Calculator
• Large print materials
• Distraction-reduced environment
• Scribe (someone to write the answers that you dictate onto the exam)
• Reader (someone who will read aloud the questions on the exam)

Procedure for using this service:

1. Each semester meet with a DSPS Counselor/Advisor to complete a Support Services Agreement and colored ASC test proctor card.
2. Take a copy of SSA form to each instructor and have instructors also sign the ASC test proctor card (in ink).
3. Take the signed ASC test proctor card to the Academic Support Center (ASC) inside the Learning Resource Center (LRC).
4. As tests are scheduled in classes, please make arrangements through the ASC to schedule distraction-reduced modules, scribe, and/or computer station.
5. When requesting extended time ONLY, please make arrangements of time and date with instructor.
6. Alterations to ASC test proctor card by a student are prohibited and a violation of the student code of conduct.

Refer to ASC Use of Test Proctoring Services Guidelines for other student responsibilities.

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