Testing Services

Andrews Student Services Center testing staff administers and proctors a variety of exams. Testing is available at both the Brunswick campus in the Andrews Student Services Center or at the Camden Center Administration Office. For specifics, consult the applicable location.

CLEP (College Level Examination Program)

CLEP is a national standardized computer-based examination that allows students to obtain college credit for specific courses. Each exam is 90 minutes in length, and questions are multiple choice. In some cases, an additional essay or oral exam is required. You will know your result upon completion. Students are awarded credit (CR) as opposed to a letter grade (A-D).

Study material is available in the Testing Center.

CLEP Credit that College of Coastal Georgia accepts:

CLEP exams are given the first and third Tuesday of the month at 9:00a.m., 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. 

If you have ever taken a class in the subject you are wanting to CLEP, even if you dropped the class, you are not allowed to take the exam. If you fail the exam you are required to wait 6 months before you can retest. If a candidate retakes the examination before this period the administration is considered invalid, the score is cancelled, and exam fees are forfeited.

CLEP may waive this policy for exams re-taken after a three-month period upon special written request.

COMPASS

The COMPASS Placement Exam – gathers information about students' educational needs and plans and measures their skills in the areas of reading, writing, and mathematics. This system can administer a test to a student on demand and instantly prepare a comprehensive course placement. Immediately after testing each student receives the test results in print form. The results are then made a part of every student's official transcript.

All new students seeking admission to the College of Coastal Georgia are required to take this placement exam if they have not obtained the cut scores of SATM400, SATV430 or ACTM=17, ACTE=17. Please contact the testing coordinator at Brunswick (912.279.5808) or Camden Campus (912.510.3301) to verify that the center will be able to accommodate any special needs.

To prepare for the Compass Test you may come by the Testing Center to get study materials or you may study online. Students are automatically retested if they are within five points of the required minimum score. Otherwise they are referred to Learning Support for remediation.

COMPASS Placement Scores that exempt remediation:
Reading - 78
English - 70
Math - 40

The COMPASS Exit Exam- Assesses the progress students have made in remedial courses or other informal learning experiences that parallel the measurement domains in the system. The Exit Exam is an evaluation process for students attempting to exit remedial studies / learning support classes. Students are required to make the minimum placement scores in reading, writing and math before they are allowed to exit learning support. All students are given two opportunities to take the exit exam.

Georgia Board of Regents Exams

The Georgia Board of Regents' Exams, Reading and Writing – assess competency in reading and writing of all students enrolled in undergraduate degree programs in the University System of Georgia. Students are strongly encouraged to register to take this exam during their first semester while they are enrolled in English 1101. Do not postpone taking this exam. All students are required to take this exam before graduating.

Required Minimum Scores are:
Reading = 61
Writing = 2

Exempting Regents' Reading Exam:
SAT Reading = 510 or ACT English = 23

Exempting Regents' Writing Exam:
SAT Writing = 500
AP Writing = 3

Contact the Testing Center each semester for specific dates, times and locations. You are required to register for this exam. Once you have registered and you fail to test during the testing window, you will be assessed a $50.00 fee to reschedule.

Testing Center Rules

You Must:

• Not talk in the testing lab
• NOT bring small children
• Sign-in and provide picture identification
• Refer all questions to the appropriate testing personnel, not your neighbor
• Re-present picture identification if you leave the testing lab during testing
• Not leave your score report unsecured
• Leave your testing area tidy
• Bring any scratch papers back to the front counter
• Exit the lab once you have completed all of your testing
• Not eat and drink the testing labs
• Not chew gum in the testing lab
• Demonstrate appropriate behavior in the testing labs. Failure to do so will result in dismissal from the testing labs and scores destroyed

You must return all study material checked out and present your identification to obtain your scores.

You May Not:

• Use the internet in the testing labs
• Bring your cell phone
• Bring a calculator. Only use the calculator provided by the testing center
• Have personal possessions in the testing center, only your identification
• Obtain your test results via the telephone

Proctoring:

• If you are having an exam proctored elsewhere it is your responsibility to have scores sent to College of Coastal Georgia
• You must receive prior approval to schedule a proctored exam (from another institution- DO NOT have your testing center forward your test without prior approval. You may not be allowed to test. Your college must email us: zjackson@ccga.edu
• A signed release is MANDATORY to have your scores sent to another college or institution