Testing Procedures
Student Responsibilities
- Give your professor your accommodation letter as soon as you receive it in your Temple email account.
- Initiate discussions with your professor about your exam accommodations. For an example of how to manage this discussion watch the Access TU videos.
- Collaborate with your professor to complete the test administration form.
- Submit the completed test administration form to DRS at least three (3) business days in advance of test date. DRS staff will not accept incomplete test administration forms.
- Arrive at DRS at the scheduled time to begin the test. If you are late, the amount of time will be deducted from your overall extended time.
- Abide by policies related to academic integrity and academic misconduct as outlined in the university Code of Conduct.
Faculty Responsibilities
- Collaborate with your student to complete the DRS test administration form.
- Submit the test to DRS three (3) business days before the test date in one of the following ways:
- Email
Email to drstest@temple.edu
- Confidential Fax
Fax to 215-204-6794
- Hand-deliver
Either you or a designated colleague can hand-deliver the test. Under NO circumstances can students deliver their own tests to DRS.
- Notify DRS in advance if you require an extension to the test delivery deadline.
- Contact DRS by telephone (215-204-1280) or email (drstest@temple.edu) to notify your student of changes to test content prior to or during tests.
- Consider being available by telephone or email during the test should the student with a disability require clarification on any aspect of the test. Please provide the best contact method to the student.
DRS Responsibilities
- Collaborate with faculty to ensure that all tests we proctor are administered in an environment respectful of the students’ needs and the academic integrity of the testing process.
- Meet with the student and make disability-related testing recommendations via accommodation letters available in a timely manner.
- Respond to all requests for clarification about our testing procedures within 24 business hours of receipt of inquiry.
- Ensure that all test materials are provided to students in accessible format.
- Protect the academic integrity of tests by:
- Only accepting complete test administration forms.
- Only accepting changes to test administration forms in writing from faculty.
- Ensuring that students do NOT deliver their own tests to or from DRS.
- Providing secure proctoring services.
- Reporting any suspicion of violations of the Code of Conduct to appropriate faculty.
- Provide four options for return of tests to faculty within 24 hours of completion (provided we have accurate information):
- DRS courier to a location where a staff member is available to sign acknowledgment of receipt.
- Confidential fax. Please note: Blue book exams will not be faxed.
- Email to faculty TUmail account. Please note: Blue book exams will not be emailed.
- Faculty or a designated colleague may pick up tests from DRS. Under NO circumstance can students return their own exams to professors.
