Testing Center

Proctored Test Fees(Distant Exams):$15/hour payable to TSU	$15/hour
Praxis Educational Leadership: Administration and Supervision Fee: $130.00 payable to ETS. $25 payable to TSU	$130.00
Praxis Core Fee: $90.00-one part; $150-two core tests registered at the same time payable to ETS, $25 payable to TSU	$150.00 Combined
Praxis Educational Leadership: Administration and Supervision Fee: $130.00 payable to ETS, $25 payable to TSU	$130.00
ACT (No writing) $69	$69.00
ACT (Writing) $94	$94.00
CLEP Test Fee: $95 payable to CLEP and $28.50 payable to TSU including $3.50 credit card processing fee; $10.00 fee for essay with Freshmen College Composition	$125.00
HISET Fee: ($50 payable to ETS; $25 test center administration payable to TSU)	$75.00
Individual subtest Fee: initially is $15.00 per test ($10.00 ETS fee and $5.00 test administration fee payable to ETS).	$15.00
DSST Fee: $95 payable to DSST and $28.50 payable to TSU (includes $3.50 credit card processing fee)	$125.00
GRE Fee: General (payable to GRE) $220, per subject is $150, $25 payable to TSU each student	$220.00
TOEFL Fee: payable to ETS $225, $25 payable to TSU each student	$225.00
ATI TEAS-Nursing: $23.50 - payable to TSU (includes $3.50 credit card processing fee) $58.00 test fee payable to TEAS	$125.00
Accuplacer Voucher $25 payable to TSU	$25.00

Alysa Jordan, Director
Lewis R. Holland Hall, Suite 301
(615) 963-5046 or (615) 963-5991
www.tnstate.edu/testing

The TSU Testing Center is an NCTA (National College Testing Association) service unit within the Division of Academic Affairs and it administers both paper-and-pencil tests and computer-administered, standardized tests that support the academic programs of the University and address community needs for admissions tests, distance learning, workforce development, credentials, and licenses. Services provided through the Testing Center are available to TSU students and community members. The Testing Center offers special accommodations for test candidates with appropriately documented disabilities. The TSU Testing Center is a member of the National College Testing Association and of the Consortium of College Testing Centers, a network that facilitates distance education nationally and internationally.

Various testing services are provided at the following locations:

Testing Center Office: (615) 963-5991 - Lewis R. Holland Hall, Suite 301
ETS/Prometric and Pearson VUE Labs: (615) 963-7386 - Avon Williams Room 220
Testing Center Lab: (615) 963-1481 - Holland Hall Room 310

Student Assessment

The Testing Center facilitates admission to the University by administering the ACT on all national testing dates. During orientation and registration, the Testing Center administers the Accuplacer placement test, for all students who are required to take them. Many students elect to earn credit by examination and the Testing Center routinely administers the CLEP (College Level Examination Program) and DSST (Dantes Subject Standardized Tests). The University is required to document student outcomes and the Testing Center participates in this effort by administering selected Major Field Tests as well as the Senior Exit Exam, which is required of all graduating students.

To facilitate admission to Graduate and Professional Schools, the Testing Center administers the GRE through the TSU-ETS Computer-Based Testing Lab.

TSU-ETS Computer-Based Testing Lab

The TSU Testing Center operates as an ETS Computer-Based Testing Center, Site #STN20855A, in Room 220 within Avon Williams Campus. This Center is open to the public and offers the following tests: GRE-R iBT (Graduate Record Examination; TOEFL iBT(Test of English as a Foreign Language); e-Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators (Core) Tests; Praxis II Subject Assessments (Teacher Certification), ePraxis Audio Exams.

Proctored Tests and Distance Education

Students involved in distance education through TN E-Campus (Proctored Exams) courses and web-based courses are often required to take proctored examinations. This assures accrediting organizations that students taking their examinations have provided proof of identity and taken their tests under supervision and according to standardized procedures. The TSU Testing Center supports this effort to maintain the integrity of distance and asynchronous programs and schedules proctored examinations for students who need to take paper or web-based tests. This service is also provided for businesses and other organizations that need to schedule proctored tests as a part of employment screening and certification procedures.

High School Equivalency (HiSET) Testing and Workforce Development

The HiSET (High School Equivalency Test) and GED (General Educational Development) Exam offer adults who have not earned a high school diploma a second opportunity to demonstrate their skills and knowledge and earn a high school credential. Adults’ primary reasons for seeking an HSE diploma are for employment or higher education. The TSU Testing Center contributes to workforce development and access to college by conducting both paper-based and computer-based HiSET and computer-based GED testing approximately ten times a month.

A contribution to the assimilation of immigrants and other non-native speakers of English, into the workforce is made through the routine administration of the HiSET and GED test in Spanish and of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) required by many schools and employers as evidence of communication skills in English.