Extended Time Testing Policies

The Disability Services Center (DSC) follows established testing procedures as mandated by Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. By law, course content and testing format cannot be fundamentally altered to accommodate a student’s disability if the change would compromise the validity of test measurement.

By far the most common testing accommodation used by DSC students is extended time for testing, with tests taken and proctored in DSC’s facilities. The Center has updated and revised some policies and procedures for extended time testing as an approved accommodation. The most important changes for the students that faculty should be aware of:

• “Extended-time” testing means twice the amount of time that would be usual in the classroom.
• Students must make an appointment ahead of time to take a test at DSC, at least three school days before the day the test is to be given in class.
• Appointments for testing must be within the range of times specified by the faculty, and during normal DSC working hours. Tests taken at DSC must be completed during the appointed time, or they will be returned incomplete.
• Security cameras monitor DSC testing rooms at all times to verify academic integrity.

Any exam for a student who has been approved by DSC for alternative-testing accommodations may be scheduled to take place at DSC. Faculty can refer to a student’s Faculty Accommodation Letter to verify that such an accommodation has been approved for that student, or contact DSC with questions.

To schedule a test, faculty fill out a Testing Services Request Form (on the Forms for Faculty Use page).

Once a test is completed by the student, DSC will either hand deliver the completed test to the faculty, or wait for the faculty to pick it up at the DSC office, as previously arranged.

• It is the student’s responsibility to remind the faculty that s/he wished to take an exam at DSC, and that the faculty needs to bring the exam to the DSC office at SAC 1220.
• If the student does not appear for the exam at the time of the appointment, the exam will be returned to the faculty member the following day.