Based on documentation on file with the Office of Accessibility & Testing Services and with the permission of the instructor, a University of West Georgia student with a physical and/or cognitive disability may be entitled to approved accommodations for classroom exams. Testing Services is available to provide assistance to those students eligible for accommodations. 

These testing accommodations generally fall into one or more of the following categories: extended time in a setting less distracting than the actual classroom, a computer for word processing, an optical enlarger for those with visual impairments, and in some cases a reader/transcriber.

In order to make arrangements for special testing opportunities, please note the following:

1. The student must have documentation on file with Accessibility Services; this documentation meets Board of Regents’ criteria for establishing the need for testing accommodations.
2. The student has presented that semester’s instructors with a copy of the Student Accommodations Report (SAR), available from Accessibility Services, indicating what accommodations have been approved.
3. With the instructor’s approval, the student sets up appointments with the Testing Office identifying the tests to be taken, the instructors involved, and the accommodations approved.  Students who have syllabi with the testing dates for the semester identified should make their appointments as early in the semester as possible.
4. All testing appointments must be requested through testwest@westga.edu or in-person at the Education Center, Suite 229. Appointments cannot be made via phone. 
5. It is the student’s responsibility to make appointments with the Testing Office and then remind the instructor to be sure the test is sent to the Testing Office prior to the student’s arrival to take the test.
6. Accessibility and Testing Services strictly enforces a 48 business hour in-advance policy for students to schedule testing appointments with us. The recommended time to schedule exams with us is at least one week ahead, but you are required to schedule at least 2 business days prior to your exam time. We strongly encourage that you schedule all of your testing appointments for confirmed test dates at the beginning of each semester. If you have any questions or concerns regarding scheduling testing appointments, please email: testwest@westga.edu.
7. Students should schedule exams for the same time as their class. In some cases, a student may have to come in earlier than the regularly scheduled class time, or due to the academic schedule, may have to come in later than the regular class period. In this case, the student should have instructor approval.
8. Students who have testing appointments are expected to show up on time and with all necessary materials. The testing office does not provide scantrons, blue books, or other materials such as calculators that may be needed for the test. If an instructor has approved the use of scratch paper, that will be provided by the testing office.
9. All exams, unless otherwise noted by the instructor via testwest, will be sent via Campus Mail.