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Accuplacer (formerly Basic Skills Assessment and Placement Tests)
Credit by examination (including CLEP, AP, DANTES, CAPE, IB, and more)
Veterans and test fee reimbursements
Video and audio surveillance
Weather (inclement weather policy)
OTHER TESTING CENTERS
Pearson VUE (for GMAT and various other tests)
Thomson Prometric (for GRE and various other tests)
Our Mission
The primary function of the Office of Testing Services is to provide the structure through which the assessment needs of students as individuals and as members of University-defined groups can be met. A secondary function is to provide comprehensive studies of the characteristics of the University College students.
Supervision is given to a wide variety of institutional testing programs, national programs for graduate and professional school admission, and programs of certification boards and licensing agencies.
The office provides comprehensive information about the University Credit By Examination Program. Additionally, students may be referred for special testing by counselors.
Bulletins of information, including test descriptions, registration procedures, and costs, are available for these examinations: ACT, Arkansas Assessment of General Education Program (AAGE/Rising Junior Exam), College Level Examination Program, Departmental Examination Program, Graduate Management Admission Test, Graduate Record Examination, Law School Admission Test, Miller Analogies Test, The Praxis Exams, and Excelsior College Examinations.
Where should I park when I come to Testing Services?
On SATURDAYS, most parking lots (including employee parking lots) are open. Lot 5 is the closest lot to our office in Ross Hall. You can find Lot 5 on our campus map. Do not park in reserved parking or places designated for persons with disabilities.
MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, you can park in the UALR portion of the University Plaza parking lot. Click on the campus map -- find Ross Hall -- see Lot 5 directly below -- and then see University Plaza directly below Lot 5. Do not park in spaces labeled for retail customers (for example, at Big Lots or Radio Shack).
MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, you may also park in our parking deck at 32nd and Taylor streets. The fee for the deck is $1 per exit. Click here for a campus map. Through-traffic is no longer permitted on Campus Drive West near Lot 2. If you enter the campus from the intersection nearest Ross Hall, you will not be able to drive across campus to park in the deck. To avoid problems, make sure you approach the parking deck from the east side of campus (from Fair Park Boulevard turning on to 32nd Street) or from the north side of campus (from 28th Street turning on to Campus Drive West, then turning on to 32nd Street). See the campus map for specifics.
There are metered lots on campus that you may use if you plan to make a short trip on a weekday. Your car will be ticketed if the meter runs out -- if you plan to stay in the office for more than just a few minutes, park at the University Plaza or use the parking deck instead.
The UALR Department of Public Safety is always open to answer questions about parking. Click on the link for contact information.
Policies on cell phones, pagers, and other electronic devices
Bringing electronic devices to a testing room is not a good idea. Phones, pagers, beeping watches, and other devices can make noise that distracts you and other examinees. (Imagine you are taking a test in a room of 100 examinees, all of whom have phones and pagers ringing!)
Some electronic devices can also be used to communicate with others and to take pictures or scan test materials.
Due to these issues with distraction and security, we do not permit you to take any electronic devices (including cell phones and pagers) into the testing rooms in our office. If you are taking a test that will be administered in our office suite, we encourage you not to bring these items. If you bring them, we will ask you to turn them off and store them in a file cabinet. You will not be permitted to take them into our test rooms, even if the devices are turned off.
If you are hesitant to leave your phones, pagers, etc. in our file cabinet, your best bet is NOT to bring such items with you. We cannot take responsibility for electronic devices that are lost or forgotten.
Policies can vary for national standardized tests that are administered in classrooms. If you are not sure of the policy for the test you are taking, check with us. Please note that we do NOT have any storage available for the hundreds of students who come here to test on a typical Saturday. If you are taking a classroom test that prohibits phones and pagers in the test room, you will have to make your own storage arrangements.
In general, leaving your electronic devices at home is an easy solution. Spend your test time concentrating on your test instead of worrying about telephone calls.
May I bring my child with me to my test?
Children are not permitted in test rooms for a variety of reasons. They are a distraction to other examinees, and they are a distraction to you, too. There are no staff members available to babysit for you while you take your test. Please do not bring children with you. Make child care plans so that you can spend your test time concentrating on your test instead of worrying about your children.
Video and audio surveillance of test rooms
Our test rooms in the office suite have video cameras and microphones installed. Test administrations are recorded for security purposes.
Call our office at 501-569-3198 for updates in response to inclement weather. We make all attempts to keep our voicemail message current and useful. (As long as the weather hasn't knocked out our telephones, we can update voicemail from off campus.) Our voicemail mesages are available 24 hours per day.
Generally speaking, if the campus is closed, UALR Testing Services is also closed. Check your local radio or television station for announcements. You may reach recorded information about campus closings at 501-569-3000, or you may check the UALR home page.
If you are registered for a national test (for example: LSAT, MPRE, or Praxis), you can also call the national testing company for updates about which test centers are open or closed. Look on your admission ticket or in your registration materials for contact information.
Safety comes first. Please don't endanger yourself by driving in unsafe conditions, even if the campus is open.
If the weather is less than perfect but the campus is open, we will attempt to administer all scheduled tests. Again, please remember that the safety of both students and staff is far more important than any test administration. We reserve the right to cancel test administrations if road conditions are too dangerous for staff members to come to the office.
If you are registered for a national test (such as ACT, LSAT, or Praxis) that is cancelled, the national test company will decide if a makeup date will be offered.
Click here for information about inclement weather as it pertains to the ACT test.
For locally coordinated tests (MAT, CLEP, correspondence exams, etc.) that are cancelled, a decision on rescheduling will be made by the Director of UALR Testing Services.
Information for Students with Disabilities
If you need testing accommodations due to a documented disability, be sure to follow carefully the directions on completing request forms, providing documentation, and so forth.
For national testing programs such as ACT, GRE, and LSAT, you must submit your documentation directly to the national testing company. You must also complete any forms that they require. These forms and procedures can vary considerably from test to test. All such forms and procedures are provided online and/or in the appropriate test registration bulletin.
If you are a UALR student, our Disability Resource Center can help you assemble the necessary documentation.
Please note that requests for accommodations must be made no later than the standard test registration deadline date.
If you need what you think to be a minor accommodation and you're not sure if you should request it in advance, please contact the Director of UALR Testing Services or the national testing program directly. Sometimes what seems like a minor accommodation is not something that can be addressed on the testing day.
Accommodations approved by national testing programs cannot be altered by staff in the testing room on the test day.
Also, testing staff do not have the authority to grant accommodations requests (even for what may seem to be minor accommodations) in the testing room on the test day. All such requests must be made to and approved by the national testing company.
Don't hesitate to contact UALR Testing Services, the UALR Disability Resource Center, or the national testing program for assistance.
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Office
of Testing Services
University
of Arkansas Little Rock
2801
S. University Avenue
Ross
Hall 409
Little
Rock, Arkansas 72204
501-569-3198