Testing Services- Learn More about Exam Formats and Policies

We are committed to fostering academic and professional advancement by providing accessible and comprehensive testing and assessment services to students, faculty, and community members.

Contact Information

Hours Of Operation

    • Monday: 11am-6:30pm

    • Tuesday-Wednesday: 8am-4:30pm

    • Thursday-Friday: 8am-4:30pm

    • Saturday: 9am-2pm

    • Hours subject to change without notice.

Contacts

Testing Center Operations

The Testing Center offers a variety of comprehensive testing and assessment services for students, faculty, and the surrounding community that assists with academic and professional advancement. We administer exams professionally, efficiently, and fairly in a courteous, confidential, and secure environment. We adhere to all National College Testing Association (NCTA), institutional, state, and Federal rules, regulations, and standards.

Services

    We support you in making progress towards your educational and career goals. Take the step towards validating your skills and knowledge learned and gain industry-recognized credentials.

    Schedule an Exam

    Testing Policies

    • Current Photo Id required.

    • Food, beverages & weapons not permitted in the Testing Center.

    • Electronic devices & personal items stored in lockers provided.

    • Only the exam candidate is allowed in the Testing Center.

    • No unsupervised children. Childcare not provided.

    • Examinees may not remove notes from the Testing Center.

    • Calculators permitted for specific exams only & subject to inspection.

    • No talking permitted during testing.

    • Acts of dishonesty reported.

    Cheating

    Any test candidate giving or receiving assistance in any form on an examination, found to have unauthorized materials or items, or who violates any security policies will be asked to leave the testing center immediately. All such instances will be reported to the testing company, the BRCTC Dean of Students, and/or instructor.

    Inclement Weather

    The Testing Center observes all College closures.

    In the event of inclement weather closing or delay information is available at www.blueridgectc.edu or on our Facebook and Twitter accounts.

    Closings and delays were also announced on the following media stations:

    • NBC 25

    • WUSQ-FM Q102.5

    • WFQX-FM 99.3 The Fox

    • WTFX-AM Sports Talk 610

    • WKSI-FM 98.3 KISS FM

    • WMRE-AM 1550

    • WRNR-AM 740

    • No talking permitted during testing.

    • WINC-FM 92.5

Beginning

 

In Person Exams*

The following exams are being administered in-person at our Testing Center, with a limit of 6 test candidates per test.

  • Pearson VUE

  • PRAXIS

  • PROV

  • ACT Residual (Promise Scholarship applicants only and Blue Ridge Students only)

  • CLEP

  • ACCUPLACER-placement exams

Online Exams*

The following exams will continue to be administered online only via Zoom or other online proctoring service.

  • Accuplacer

*Exceptions-Candidates who do not have thetechnical requirements to test online may contact the Testing Center via email at TESTING@blueridgectc.edu and request an in person exam. Please note that there will be a limited schedule for exceptions.

Placement Testing

The Testing Center will administer in-person and online Accuplacer (Placement) exams. Online Accuplacer exams will be administered via Zoom. Students needing a placement exam should register for a time slot online. Test preparation is offered in both English and Mathematics.

In order to take a placement through Zoom, candidates will need to have a laptop or computer with a webcam and microphone.

 

English Bootcamp

Skills 101 English Bootcamp is free and available to BRCTC students. Instruction is directly aligned with the skills tested on the ACCUPLACER exam and is delivered by qualified Blue Ridge CTC faculty. In-person 4-day sessions are available prior to each Fall and Spring semester. If you prefer fully self-paced online study to complete at any time, click here.

Contact Katherine Cox for questions about the bootcamp:

kcox@blueridgectc.edu

TEAS Exam

Beginning November 18, 2022, the Testing Center will begin scheduling for In-Person proctoring of the TEAS exam. If you have already scheduled and paid, a testing center staff member will be in touch with you to reschedule. If you are scheduling a new exam, please register for a time slot online. If you are scheduling a new exam, please register for a time slot online..

For updates on all other exams please visit their webpages for COVID-19 updates

Pearson Vue

Prov Exams

Certiport

CLEP

Please address any other questions to Testing@blueridgectc.edu.


Faculty Links

Step 1-Register as an Instructor.

Step 1-Submit & manage exam submissions.

We support you in making progress towards your educational and career goals. Take the step towards
validating your skills and knowledge learned and gain industry-recognized credentials.

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