The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Testing Services has earned recertification from the National College Testing Association.

UA Little Rock Testing Services is among a growing number of test centers in the U.S. and Canada to have completed this intensive recertification process. This recertification will be in place for five years and can be renewed by demonstrating continued compliance with national standards.

Criteria for certification are rigorous and are based on the National College Testing Association Professional Standards and Guidelines, which were developed to guide post-secondary test centers in the delivery of quality testing programs.

A university testing center that has received recertification is recognized for maintaining high test administration standards and for providing excellent service to a wide variety of students and community members in the performance of their duties.

“I am very proud of what we do in Testing Services,” said Kimberly Bright, director of Testing Services. “National College Testing Association recertification verifies that our office upholds national testing center guidelines in order to provide the best testing environment, policies, and procedures possible for our students and community members. What a bonus for UA Little Rock!”

The National College Testing Association, a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of professionalism and high-quality service in the administration of testing programs, offers certification to college and university test centers that demonstrate exemplary practices. Membership numbers more than 2,200 testing professionals from 650 colleges and universities as well as 50 test companies and organizations offering test-related products and services.