Santa Fe Community College - Santa Fe, New Mexico
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THE TESTING CENTER

Mission Statement: The Testing Center serves as an internal resource for students or faculty wishing to take or develop assessments appropriate to a particular discipline.  The TC supports student retention by providing

  • appropriate initial placement of students
  • continuing assessment of both academic achievement and program effectiveness
  • testing and portfolio evaluation leading to accelerated degree completion for eligible students
  • a suitable environment for out-of-class exams, assessments for students with special needs, makeup exams, and pre-certification exams
  • assistance to faculty and staff looking to research, identify/develop, and administer appropriate classroom or programmatic assessments.

Tests Offered:

Bring With You:
All Testing Center examinees must arrive with photo identification (driver's license, passport, student I.D. etc). Identification without your photograph will not be valid for test administration or score receipt purposes. In the case of the GED® exam, the photo I.D. must be government issued (passport or driver's license); a school I.D. will be acceptable ONLY as the required secondary ID. Per state guidelines, we cannot accept photocopies of any ID. Every examination offered through the Testing Center requires photo identification. Without that identification, you will not be allowed to test or get copies of your scores. 

The Spanish placement test...
is for students who need to know at what level to start in the Spanish course sequence.  Tests are offered in both Spanish as Second Language and Heritage Spanish.

Makeup Testing ...
is for those instructors needing to provide an opportunity for students to take (or retake) missed exams.

GED® Testing...
is offered to members of the NM community wishing to earn a high school credential.

3rd Party Proctoring ...
is a service to students and faculty of other institutions or organizations needing to arrange assessments away from their home campus. The Testing Center staff meets the testing requirements listed by the other institution and provides you with the appropriate testing environment. This service is provided for a fee of $25 per test taken.

CLEP and DSST...
testing programs are available to any member of the community wishing to earn college credits in particular subject areas.

 

Parapro...
is the test chosen by the New Mexico Public Education Department to meet the teacher's assistant certification requirements mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.  The Parapro test is administered through the Education Testing Service, and all registration for the test must be done through ETS.  SFCC cannot process registration requests.

Parapro is only administered six times during the academic year, and each test administration has a registration deadline of approximately one month prior to the desired date.  You are strongly encouraged to register via ETS's website at the earliest opportunity.

La Prueba...
is the test used for those seeking Bilingual Education endorsement and is developed and offered through Eastern New Mexico University.  The SFCC Testing Center participates in the test administration in partnership with ENMU.  All registration for La Prueba is handled through ENMU's Testing Office.  For more information, you may check their website at www.enmu.edu/testing.


 


Hours of Operation:

Monday through Thursday - 8:00a.m. to 7:00p.m.
Friday - 8:00a.m. to 5:00p.m.

The Center is located in the 611 suite.

FEES

For more information, please contact the Testing Center, 505.428.1625, testing@sfccnm.edu.