Planning and Developing A Computer and Internet-Based Testing Services Center Presenters: Edward Gerber, Director- UTEP Student Assessment & Testing Andrew.

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Planning and Developing A Computer and Internet-Based Testing Services Center Presenters: Edward Gerber, Director- UTEP Student Assessment & Testing Andrew MacDonald, Testing Coordinator-UTEP Student Assessment & Testing

University of Texas at El Paso Who Are We?

University of Texas at El Paso Located in far west Texas Serving three states: Texas, New Mexico and Chihuahua And two countries: United States and Mexico

University of Texas at El Paso One of the largest Mexican-American majority universities in the United States UTEP serves the largest metropolitan area on the US/Mexico border and the largest bi-national community in the Western Hemisphere Serves a student body of over 20,000

University of Texas at El Paso Where Are We?

Po El Paso Population Juarez Metro-plex 598,590 Sixth Largest city in Texas (It’s the only city in Texas largest enough to have its own time zone) 2 Million + Both El Paso and Juarez are the largest border cities in their respective countries

Our Facilities

Our Staff

What is Our Goal? STUDENTS ALUMNI and OUR COMMUNITY To Provide Great Customer Service to our:

To Those we serve in our communities Students in the Military Students in the medical professions Students needing vocational licenses and certificates Students throughout Region 19 hoping to be teachers REMEMBERING OUR MISSION:

Initial Compliment of Computer Based Tests College Board Test Programs CLEP ACCUPLACER Educational Testing Service (ETS) iBT TOFEL iBT TExES Prometric DSST Pearson MAT

TOFEL - TExES iBT Expansion Plans Details to Consider Before Expansion. Seat allocation More examinees with same number of seats Simultaneous exams  Be sure to follow test rules and guidelines Local IT requirements Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

TOFEL - TExES iBT Expansion Plans Details to Consider Before Expansion. Contract/Agreement Legal review Approval Scheduling Test date and hours Staffing Balancing Act  Meeting the scheduling requirements of the companies  Keeping the testing staff sane Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Generating revenue for the Testing office/University CONCLUSION

Generated $15,300 in departmental revenue during FY 2008 with Computer Based Testing. Is it worth it? You decide!