EI-1 El Paso County Community College District Testing Services - Administrative Procedure

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Administrative procedure outlining the testing services provided by El Paso County Community College District (EPCCCD) Testing Services. Covers the objective to define service scope, including GED testing, new and returning student assessment/placement, ability to benefit (ATB) testing for financial aid, make-up and retesting for credit courses, instructional television/distance education testing, Proficiency Examination testing, national standardized testing, and contractual testing. Specifies operating testing centers across multiple campuses, records management for GED history, centralized scoring reporting workflows to TEA, and placement test validity and retesting rules.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages4

Reading Time10 min

AccessFree to download

Procedure

Objective

Procedure

I. GED Testing

Testing center operations

Rules, scheduling, and records

Centralized scoring and reporting

II. Assessment/Placement Testing for New and Returning Students

Purpose and test types

Fees, appointments, ID requirement, and validity

EL PASO COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROCEDURE For information, contact Institutional Effectiveness: (915) 831-6740 EI-1 El Paso County Community College District Testing Services APPROVED: September 14, 1979 REVISED: March 9, 2007 Year of last review: 2021 AUTHORIZING BOARD POLICY: EI Classification: Administrative Vice President or Associate Vice President: Vice President of Student and Enrollment Services Designated contact: Director of College Readiness and Assessment OBJECTIVE: To outline the variety of testing services provided by the El Paso County Community College District (EPCCCD) Testing Services. These services include General Educational Development (GED) testing, assessment testing for new and returning students, ability to benefit (ATB) testing for financial aid purposes, make up and retesting for credit courses, instructional television course testing, Proficiency Examination testing, national standardized testing, and contractual testing. Operational procedures for all testing related services are maintained in the appropriate area office providing the services. PROCEDURE: Testing Services operates testing centers at the Valle Verde, Rio Grande, Transmountain, Mission del Paso and Northwest Campuses. The Valle Verde component is a full-service center that offers all testing services listed above. The other testing centers provide primarily new student assessment/placement testing, make-up and retests for oncampus courses, instructional television/distance education course testing, and limited proficiency challenge~~ ~~examinations. I. GED Testing A. Testing Services operates an official GED testing center. The testing center provides comprehensive GED testing services for all eligible adult Texas residents who wish to obtain a Texas Certificate of High School Equivalency. B. The testing center will be operated in accordance with the rules and requirements established by the GED Testing Service (GEDTS), Washington, D.C. and the Texas Education Agency (TEA), Austin, Texas. These procedural manuals/guidelines are available for information and review at the GED testing center or online from GEDTS and TEA. C. Testing is available on a scheduled basis. Test fees charged will be reasonable and designed to cover the administrative cost of providing these services. D. The testing center maintains GED testing records for: 1. All GED testing conducted by EPCCCD since the GED testing center was established in 1974. 2. The University of Texas at El Paso GED testing center (1971-1989) . 3. The Fort Bliss GED testing center (1977-1989) . E. Since June 1, 1994 the EPCCCD GED Testing Center has utilized the centralized scoring services provided by the University of Texas at Austin Scoring Center (per GEDTS and TEA mandates) . The Scoring Center reports test scores to TEA. TEA issues all official Texas *Note: The word “faculty” denotes instructors, counselors and librarians. Certificates of High School Equivalency upon receipt of passing scores. Once GED test scores are reported to TEA, that office becomes the official record agency for GED tests administered by EPCCCD. II. Assessment/Placement Testing for New and Returning Students A. Testing Services administers academic assessment/placement tests to determine the college readiness skills of students. Test results are used by the student and academic counselors/advisors to determine the most appropriate level of course(s) for the student to begin college studies. 1. All new students who have no previous college credit must complete assessment testing in reading, writing and math, using standardized test instruments as approved by federal/state/EPCCCD requirements. 2. Students enrolling in English as a Second Language (ESOL) courses will take an assessment test to determine appropriate placement into ESOL credit courses. 3. Transfer students who plan to enroll in an EPCCCD reading, writing, math, or Spanish courses must provide docume

FAQs

What testing services does EPCCCD Testing Services provide?

It provides GED testing, assessment/placement for new and returning students, ATB testing for financial aid purposes, make-up and retesting for credit courses, instructional television and distance education course testing, Proficiency Examination testing, national standardized testing, and contractual testing.

Where are the testing centers located and what do they offer?

Testing centers operate at the Valle Verde, Rio Grande, Transmountain, Mission del Paso, and Northwest campuses. Valle Verde is a full-service center offering all listed services, while other centers focus mainly on new student assessment/placement, make-up/retests, instructional television/distance education course testing, and limited proficiency challenge examinations.

How are GED test scores handled and recorded?

Since June 1, 1994, EPCCCD uses centralized scoring services from the University of Texas at Austin Scoring Center, which reports scores to TEA. TEA issues official Texas Certificates of High School Equivalency, and after reporting, TEA becomes the official record agency for GED tests administered by EPCCCD.

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