The Testing Center (Room D218) provides placement tests, career planning tests, proctoring services and the administration of standardized tests.

The Testing Center is open at least 24 hours a week during most of the year. Walk-in placement testing is available for new students who have not previously taken the placement test and who have not yet taken certain courses and students who have been approved for re-testing. Walk-in testing is also available for students taking make-up tests. Other tests need to be scheduled in advance.

When calling to schedule testing, students are advised to confirm testing time and location. Some tests require students to arrive a minimum of 15 minutes before testing begins.

Photo identification required. Test dates and fees vary.

If you are a student with a disability, the Testing Center also coordinates any testing accommodations, such as extra time, scribe or reader, or quiet testing environment. Contact Disability Services at 815-802-8632.

HOW TO USE THE TESTING CENTER

1. Check with your instructor to verify that make-up exams or exams for students with disabilities have been filed in the Testing Center.

2. Present a PHOTO ID to the proctor at the sign in desk in the Testing Center.

3. Complete your exam under the directions noted by the instructor or with the accommodations as approved by Disability Services. Tests must be completed before leaving the Testing Center and students will not be permitted to re-enter the room after beginning to take a test.

4. Please give yourself enough time to complete your test before closing.

5. The proctor will attempt to keep noise to a minimum within the Testing Center and will ask you to refrain from talking or other distracting noise.

Tests offered through the Testing Center:

Location:  Room D218 - Workforce Development Center

• COMPASS — placement test (computer-adaptive)
• Career Assessment Inventory — profile of interests compared to various occupations
• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator — profile of personality style, includes occupations that may interest persons with various personal styles
• American College Testing (ACT) — national achievement test required for admission to many colleges and universities
• Nurse Aid Training Competency Evaluation Program (NATCEP )
• General Educational Development exam — high school equivalency exam - For GED Testing dates, click on "GED Test Schedules" link above, by appointment only 802-8530
• Make-up tests
• Correspondence and online tests - by appointment only 802-8530 - $12/hour fee
• Special accommodations for persons with documented disabilities can be made by contacting Sherry Kinzler at 815-802-8632. The TTY number, through Illinois Relay, is 711. 

Testing Center hours for make-up testing and COMPASS:

Spring 2010 hours:

• Monday – 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.
• Tuesday and Wednesday – 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
• Thursday – 3:30-8 p.m.
• Fridays – 9 a.m. - noon

Special Saturday Testing:  Saturday, Jan. 9, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Extended hours: Jan. 4 to 7, 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. ~ Mid-term week: March 1 to 4, 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. 
~ Finals week: May 10 to 13, 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.

The Testing Center will be closed on the following dates: Monday, Jan. 18 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day) ~ Monday, Feb. 15 (Presidents Day) ~ Tuesday, Feb. 23 (staff in-service) ~ March 8 to March 12 (Spring Break) ~ Monday, May 31 (Memorial Day)

Office hours:
8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday

Phone number:

For questions on tests offered at KCC or to schedule most tests — 815-802-8530

Staff:

Julia Waskosky
Dean, Learning Services
815-802-8452
jwaskosky@kcc.edu

Gisel Waide
Specialist, Testing Center
815-802-8530
gwaide@kcc.edu