One of the many services the Learning Assistance Center offers is Testing Services. This service avails to students and faculty a secure location for the temporary storage of exams and for the administering of tests. Only authorized LAC classified staff or faculty will issue or receive tests.
Over the past five years, demand for Testing Services has grown significantly while the number of seats in small testing room has not. In Fall 2005, over 4200 tests were administered. During peak exam weeks (excluding finals week) we administered as many as 300-400 exams a day. One or two staff who have other duties at the front counter cannot be expected to provided constant monitoring.
To ensure compliance with your testing instructions and requirements and to serve students effectively when they arrive to take your tests, the following procedures for faculty apply:
- Complete a Test Protocol Form: indicate your specifications for each exam, including the amount of time allowed for the exam(s), the range of dates for each exam, whether the exam is open or closed, scantron or blue book, whether the exam is to be written on, etc.
- Leave exams at the Learning Assistance Center (LTC-101) in person. Tests may be sent with the student who will take the exam or via a student worker if the tests are in a sealed envelope accompanied by a Test Protocol Form.
- To assure academic honesty, the LAC does not accept tests, or return tests, via fax machine or email.
- To assure that tests are not lost in the mail, the LAC does not mail completed exams to faculty. The staff cannot assume responsibility for delays or loss of exams by mail.
- If the exam is to be written on, leave one exam for each student.
- If the exam is to be taken with a scantron, leave a maximum of 10 copies.
- Print your name, the course name and number, and the semester on each exam as you would on your syllabus. Doing so helps avoid misfiling tests because instructors have similar-looking tests. Pick up exams from the LAC when they have been completed. Faculty picking up tests will be asked to sign for their tests.
To make the testing environment appropriated for test-taking, the college’s student disciplinary policy will be applied to any disruptive students. Therefore, disruptive students will be asked to leave and their testing privileges with the LAC may be revoked.
** TESTING SERVICES HOURS **
Tests will not be started during the last half hour of the Testing Services hours. As suggestion, you may want to include Testing Services hours in your syllabus or class website for your students’ reference.
If you have any questions, please contact the LAC at extension 4300 or mchen@mtsac.edu. If you would like information about the LAC, please use the same number and email above or view our website at http://lac.mtsac.edu.
We appreciate your cooperation. |
