PROFESSIONAL AND CERTIFICATION EXAMS & PROCTORING SERVICES
Inquire about a Proctored Exam Appointment
If you are testing for another institution or an organization that is not already listed as an exam (e.g. CLEP, ACCUPLACER, SAT, ProV, et al), Georgia State University Testing Centers offer individual proctoring services for non-Georgia State Students engaged in distance learning, or for other assessments and certifications on an appointment basis. Both paper-based and computer-based exams can be proctored.
Some exams in this type include the AMBDI exam, various Real Estate certification or licensure exams, and class exams for online institutions other than Georgia State University. Independent Studies proctored exams do not include Georgia State University academic exams.
The Testing Center staff must have access to all test materials, physically or electronically, before being able to proctor the exam. It is therefore suggested that students reach out to the campus they wish to test at before they make their appointment, to discuss availability and requirements for the exam.
If your institution or organization requires us to fill out a proctor form, please include this in your inquiry, as well as any pertinent information about the exam including but not limited to length of the exam, dates exam is available or date necessary for completion, facility requirements, proctoring requirements, accommodations, and if it is a paper or computer exam . Once we have agreed to proctor the exam, and if necessary have been approved by your institution, organization or vendor, we will finalize steps for making the actual appointment and payment for the proctoring session.
Proctoring Fee:
The current fee for proctoring independent study (non-GSU) exams is $50 for up to a 4 hour exam. We do not proctor academic course exams for GSU.
After your registration is completed and your appointment is made, exam fees are payable online on our Testing Fee Portal. Please note that the fee portal will not show a fee total until you add a test to a cart, then pick the campus and test.
Note: The Georgia State University Testing Fee Portal does not reflect a fee when the Fee Portal loads. It will reflect a $0 fee until you have chosen your campus and your exam. At that time, it will begin to reflect the proper fee for the exam you picked.
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Meazure Learning
Meazure Learning offers a variety of professional credentialling and certification exams across a wide variety of fields. For more information, please use the Meazure Learning website.
Please note that some Meazure Learning exams may require specific technologies that our centers are not equipped at this time to handle; in these cases we will not appear as an exam site for those particular exams.
Exam fees:
Fees for the Meazure Learning certification exams are found through each specific exam on Meazure Learning's Candidate Services site.
Georgia State University online students are not proctored through the Testing Center.
As CETLOE has ended the proctored lab for online exams, Atlanta 4-year students should discuss options with their professor.
Information for proctoring for Perimeter College online students comes from the Perimeter College departments and instructors.
To register for a non-GSU ACCUPLACER exam
The Testing Centers can provide the ACCUPLACER for non-GSU students or for other organizations or institutions. This falls under the Proctored Exam category and goes by the Individually Proctored Exam Fee and includes testing for Police Officer Training and Standards (POST) or the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG). Appointments are through our registration system.
Proctoring fees:
The current fee for taking ACCUPLACER for a non-GSU purpose is $25.
About the Tests
ACCUPLACER exams will cover a series of topics. They are computer adaptive exams, so they will start with a general mid-difficulty question pulled randomly from the subject areas, or topics, that the exam covers. Questions will then become harder or easier depending on the answers to the previous question.
- Currently the exams used for POST testing are ACCUPLACER Next Generation Reading, ACCUPLACER Next Generation Arithmetic, and ACCUPLACER Next Generation Writing.
- The TCSG uses these same exams and the ACCUPLACER Next-Generation Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra and Statistics exams depending on the major and program level.
ACCUPLACER Next-Generation Writing includes these topics:
The Writing test evaluates a test taker’s ability to revise and edit multiparagraph text. Questions cover two broad knowledge and skills categories, each containing three subcategories:
- The Expression of Ideas category covers development, organization, and effective language use.
- The Standard English Conventions category covers sentence structure, usage, and punctuation.
ACCUPLACER Next-Generation Arithmetic includes these topics:
- Computation
- Order of operations
- Estimation and rounding
- Comparing and ordering values in different formats
- Recognizing equivalent values across formats.
- Whole Number Operations
- Fraction Operations
- Decimal Operations
- Percent
- Number Comparisons and Equivalents
ACCUPLACER Next-Generation Quantitative Reasoning includes these topics:
- Rational numbers
- Ratio and Proportional Relationships
- Exponents
- Algebraic Expressions
- Linear Equations
- Linear Applications and Graphs
- Probability Sets
- Descriptive Statistics
- Geometry Concepts
The ACCUPLACER Next-Generation Reading includes these topics:
- Information and Ideas
- Rhetoric
- Synthesis
- Vocabulary
If you are testing for another institution, please let us know which ACCUPLACER exams your institution will require you to take.
View ACCUPLACER Preparation Resources
The links below are to sites that may help students with studying for the ACCUPLACER exam. These are provided as a courtesy to test takers. Many of these sites do not belong to Georgia State University, therefore Georgia State University is not responsible for their content.
The Testing Centers do not assist with preparation for any exam.
Preparation links are organized by the following category types:
ACCUPLACER resources from the College Board
ACCUPLACER Practice Questions and WritePlacer sample essays.
The College Board’s Web Based ACCUPLACER study app
All Areas
Khan Academy including Algebra Basics, Algebra I, and Algebra II
English
University of Pittsburgh grammar review
Capital Community College Foundation Guide to Grammar and Writing
Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Grammar Bytes
English Plus Grammar Slammer
Major Tests SAT Grammar
Reading
CUNY Assessment Test in reading
Reading and Writing
CENGAGE online writing and reading resources
Mathematics
Purplemath
Cool Math
Math.com
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Prov Testing
Prov offers a series of certification and professional exams for a wide variety of clients. More information about their exams can be found on their website.
Please Note: Some Prov exams require specific equipment to take and can only be taken at Prov testing sites equipped for practical in-person examinations. Georgia State University Testing Centers are not equipped for these exams, and will not be a choice when registering for your exam.
Exam fees:
You can find the current fees by looking up the individual tests under Prov's test information page.