Services for Student with Disabilities

Making Arrangements for Classroom Testing Accommodations

Office location: Library, G51

Hours:
Monday - Friday 9 AM - 4 PM.
(8 AM - 9 AM. and 4:00 PM - 5 PM by appointment)

If you need a classroom testing accommodation you must come to LIB G51 during the first two weeks of each semester to request referrals to give to your professors for modified testing. Professors appreciate knowing your need for accommodations early so that they may better understand your needs and support you throughout the semester.

The steps are as follows:

1. You will complete a Request for Referral form with the title of your courses and your professors’ names. Be sure to have this information with you.
    
2. You will receive a Referral to Faculty letter, which you must sign and give to your professor.
    
3. You will be given a copy of Student Guidelines for Modified Testing. You will be asked to initial that you received and read these important guidelines.
    
4. When your professor announces the test in class you should discuss your testing needs with your professor.
    
5. Make an appointment with this office if you need to take the test in an alternate location, Library G51. A Request for Modified Testing form will be given to you to be completed by your professor.

Student Guidelines for Modified Testing

1. Your disability must qualify you for the accommodation you are asking for.
    
2. Limit your request to only those exams for which you know you need extended time.
    
3. Speak to your professor to arrange to take your exams with the rest of the class and get extra time with your professor.
    
4. If you must take your exam outside the classroom, it is your responsibility to make arrangements at least four days before the exam with this office.
   
   We may not be able to accommodate you if you do not give us advanced notice.
    
5. Use the Request for Modifications in Testing form to arrange for taking exams outside of the classroom. Get this form in Library G51. We cannot mail requests for modifications or referrals to you.
    
6. It is your responsibility to bring the request to your professor. Please make sure that the professor has completely filled out the bottom portion and return the form to our office.
    
   Sorry, No Telephone Requests Accepted!
    
7. If your professor has indicated that YOU will be bringing the exam it must be delivered in a sealed and signed envelope. The exam must be delivered to us unopened. Exams that are open or seem tampered with cannot be administered at our office. We must send the exam back to your professor and it will be the professor's decision whether or not you should take the exam.
    
8. If you are going to take the exam with extended time in LIB G51 you must sign-in and take the exam under our supervision at the scheduled time.
    
9. If you are unable to take the exam at the scheduled time you must make other arrangements, first with your professor and then with us. We must hear from your professor as to what arrangements you have made.
    
10. Basic Writing exams to be taken on the computer must be arranged in advance. If prior arrangements have not been made you will have to take the exam without the computer.
     
11. Requests for modification for final exams must be made no later than 2 weeks before the exam.
     
12. Extra time does not mean unlimited time. If the exam is one hour, you will get approximately one and ½ hours. If the exam is two hours you will get approximately three hours. Arrive On Time! If you arrive late to an exam, that time may be deducted from the time you are allotted.

Remember: extra time for exams may not be all that it takes. It may not be the answer for everyone. Daily preparation and review are most important. Attendance at the Academic Support Center's test-taking strategies workshops eases anxiety, improves test performance and often eliminates the need for extra time.

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