CLASS Program - Taking Tests with Accommodations
BEFORE YOU CAN TEST
In order to receive accommodations from the CLASS office, you must meet with your Specialist at the start of every term to get your professor letters and sign your Accommodations Plan (CAP form). You must have your instructors sign your professor letters and you must return them to the Grove Lab before you can schedule any exams.
SCHEDULING
A Proctor Request form (available from your Specialist or the Accommodations Specialist) must be completed for every test or quiz you want to take in the Groves Lab. If your professor gives pop quizzes, speak with the Accommodations Specialist to coordinate those with your professor.
Your instructor must sign each Proctor Request form and keep the top white copy for their records. (They should use this copy to remind them to bring your test to the Groves Lab prior to your test date. You should also remind them the day before your exam to make sure the test will be in the Groves Lab.)
You need to submit your proctor request forms to the Groves Lab at least 7 days prior to the date you are taking the exam. Exceptions are rare, and conducted on a case-by-case basis.
Your Disability Specialist will determine how much extra time is reasonable and appropriate based on your documentation, either 1.5 times or 2 times the length of time the professor allows in class to take the exam. For example, if the professor allows an hour in class for the test, if you get an accommodation of 1.5 x, you will have an hour and a half to complete the test. If you are concerned that you will need additional time or if you find that you are consistently running out of time for exams, please discuss this with your Disability Specialist. Unlimited time is beyond what is considered a reasonable accommodation.
*Changes to your test date or time
If the professor changes the test date and you have already submitted a proctor request form, you have 24 hours to notify us of this change from the time the professor announces it in class. The change must be made in writing (or email to lundr@augsburg.edu) or in person to the Accommodations Specialist Rebecca Lund, in order to document that you let us know of the change.
DAY OF THE TEST
- Arrive at the Groves Computer Lab at least five minutes before your scheduled test time. Your proctor will be waiting for you there.
- Be prompt. The testing "clock" starts and ends at the times you scheduled yourself on the proctor request form. For example, if you arrive five minutes late for an exam that was scheduled to go for an hour, you will only have 55 minutes to finish the exam. If you arrive more than a half hour late to take your scheduled exam, you will have to reschedule it with the CLASS office. (The proctor is released a half hour after the scheduled test start time.)
- Your proctor can safeguard any personal items you have with you, such as notebooks, textbooks, backpacks, cell phones, purses, etc., as these items are not allowed in the test rooms. We also have locks that you can check out to use with the lockers in the hallway. No iPods are allowed in the testing rooms. You may listen to store-purchased music CDs, but not "burned" CDs.
- Your proctor will show you to the testing room reserved for you, and both you and your proctor will sign the Agreement for Taking an Exam under Special Circumstances.
- Your proctor will go over the specific testing accommodations you are authorized for. They will periodically check in with you during your exam in case you have questions or concerns.
- All students are expected to follow the college-wide academic honesty policy and procedures. If a student violates the honesty policy, testing will be stopped immediately and the professor will be notified of the circumstances. CLASS may determine that this student needs to make future testing arrangements directly with their professor.
- Typically, students take the test at the same time it is being given in the classroom; however, you should schedule your test at a time that does not interfere with another class or commitment. To avoid missing another class, you may (with your professor's permission) schedule a test earlier or later in the day. We proctor exams between the hours of 8:30 and the closing time of the lab (check lab hours).
- One or two breaks are allowed during testing but are to be kept to 10 minutes and may take place only under your Proctor's supervision. Additional breaks are allowed for final exams. If you feel that you need additional breaks for regular exams, please discuss this with your Disability Specialist.
- If you miss a test you’ve scheduled in the Groves Lab, you will need to explain your absence to the professor and then discuss with them whether you will be allowed to schedule a make-up exam.
PROCTORS
Proctors are hired by the Accommodations Specialist. Students cannot be proctored by: their Disability Specialist, their tutor for that subject, a family member/guardian, or their personal care assistant.
To ensure the integrity of the exam and the testing environment, if the faculty member does not deliver and pick up their exams, only Groves Lab proctors, student workers, and CLASS/Access staff will retrieve and return exams to professors.
