Placement Testing
Remote Testing
Remote Testing Instructions -
Placement
Testing at Another College or Learning Center
Please read this entire page carefully!
Towson University offers the
ACCUPLACER placement test on campus by appointment. If it is more convenient for
you to take the ACCUPLACER test at a
location closer to your home, all of these directions must
be followed. Please be aware that the placement testing must
be fulfilled before your class schedule can be completed.
- You should contact the testing center of a local college
to see if they test "outside" students. If they are willing
to do so, you must obtain the contact information listed in
#3, and send it to the Placement Testing email (see below).
If you are unable to locate a college, please contact a
local Sylvan Learning Center. It is important to inform the
learning center that they will be able to administer
ACCUPLACER testing because our office will email
instructions directly to the test administrator.
- When you speak to the test administrator, identify
yourself as a Towson University student who needs to
complete ACCUPLACER testing, inquire about the fee to use
their facility, and be sure that the email address is
correct, as well as the spelling of the administrator's
name. The email address is needed for our office to send confidential passwords. Please note that
you will not be able to take the on-line
ACCUPLACER test at another college or learning center until
the test administrator receives our ACCUPLACER passwords.
*PLEASE
NOTE: The following
colleges will administer placement testing to only their
students. Do not contact them to schedule for
remote testing.
Berkeley
College, Montgomery College
(Germantown and Rockville campuses),
Northern Virginia Community College, Onondaga Community
College, Prince George's
Community College, and UMUC. Also, do not
contact the Sylvan Learning
Center located at 12 Alfred Street, Woburn, Ma.
- Obtain Test Administrator contact information:
test administrator's name, college or test center's name, email address
and phone number. When sending this information to our
email address, you must include your name, phone number, TU I.D. number and email address.
Please Inform
the test administrator at the college or learning center that Towson University's Placement
Testing staff (410-704-2418) will email him or
her our ACCUPLACER passwords within three days for administering the ACCUPLACER test.
-
Placement Testing email
(please use your email address with plain text and no
graphics; the spam blocker will block your email)
- Any charges for taking the ACCUPLACER test at another
college, or learning center, are your responsibility.
- You must take a Remote Confirmation email to the testing location
to give to the test administrator. Do not attend a testing
appointment without the confirmation; it informs the administrator
that you were given approval to test at their
facility. Therefore, schedule the testing session after you
have received your Remote Confirmation.
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Be sure to identify yourself as a Towson University
student or you may be accidentally
administered the ACCUPLACER test for the host campus which may not include the same test batteries
for the Towson University campus.
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Be sure to have a photo I.D. for
check-in purposes---you will not be allowed to test if you
do not present this documentation.
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Bring several pencils and/or pens.
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If you are taking the mathematics placement test, do NOT
bring a calculator. The calculator appears within the
test when calculator use is appropriate.
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Do NOT bring your own scrap paper; it will be provided
for you and collected from you at the end of the test. If
you were not given scrap paper when seated, ask for it.
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Your test scores and placement results appear on the
computer screen at the end of your testing session. Ask the
test administrator to print the score report and give you a
copy. No one at the local campus or test location will have access to
your results once you are logged out of the test. Your results
are specific to Towson University. If you did not receive a copy of your score report, please
contact Placement Testing immediately at 410-704-2418.
You do not need to send us a copy of score results; we
have access to the ACCUPLACER score report.
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Read Retest Policy to see if you qualify for
retesting. If you qualify for a re-test, please inform
Placement Testing by using our email address. Also, read
Test Score Information to get further
explanation of your score results.
Placement Testing
Office of
Developmental Education - Lecture Hall, Room 7
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Phone: 410-704-2418
Fax: 410-704-4047
E-mail:
placementtesting@towson.edu
(please use your email address with plain text and no
graphics; the spam blocker will block your email)
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