Test Registration Fees Nonrefundable registration processing fee (per test administration) $30 Communication and Literacy Skills test reading subtest $30 writing subtest $40 Additional fee for Communication and Literacy Skills subtest(s) taken at additional test administration $25 Vocational Technical Literacy Skills Test reading subtest $30 writing subtest $40 Academic (PreK–12) subject matter test $100 Adult Basic Education subject matter test $100 Nonrefundable late registration fee $30 Nonrefundable emergency registration fee $50

Additional Service Fees Change of registration fee $25 Fee for additional copy of test results (per test date) $10 Rescoring fee (multiple-choice answer documents only) $25 Test Information Booklets (per booklet) $8 Fee to clear an account (charge for processing payment returned by bank or credit card agency) $20

Payment Methods

The fees for Internet and telephone registration must be paid using a credit card (MasterCard or VISA only) or a debit or check card that carries the MasterCard or VISA logo and that can be used without the entry of a personal identification number (PIN). Bank cards without a MasterCard or VISA logo cannot be accepted. The merchant name that will appear on your credit card statement is “NES—Test Fee.”

The fees for registration by U.S. mail and other services requested by mail (“Additional Service Fees” in the table above) must be paid by check or money order. Fees for an additional copy of your test results must be paid by cashier's check or money order; personal checks are not accepted. Checks and money orders should be made payable to National Evaluation Systems in U.S. dollars. Please write the last five digits of your social security number or your Department-issued identification number on your payment. Do not send cash.


Payment Policies

If you register to take the same test on multiple test dates and pass the test on the first test date, you will not be issued a refund for your additional registrations on the basis of your passing performance.

If, for any reason, your payment for a test date or test service does not clear (for example, if your personal check is returned by the bank or if you dispute a credit card charge), you will have an outstanding balance with National Evaluation Systems (NES®). In this case

• you will be assessed an additional fee by NES to cover the processing required to clear your account;
• you will not be allowed to register for future test dates until your balance, which includes the additional fee, is paid in full;
• you must make your payment to clear your account by cashier’s check or money order only, unless you are making a subsequent credit card payment for additional services, in which case your credit card will be billed for both the outstanding balance and the additional requested services.

Additionally, if a personal check submitted by you is returned by the bank, you will not be allowed to make any future payments by personal check.

If you have any outstanding balance owed by you to NES 20 calendar days after a test administration for which you were registered, all of your scores for that test date will be permanently voided and will not be reported to you, to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, or to any institutions. It is your responsibility to ensure that your account with NES is paid in full and all payments have cleared by this deadline. Any payment received later than 20 calendar days after the test date will be used to clear your account but will not alter the permanent voiding of your scores. You may wish to call NES prior to this deadline to confirm that your payment has been received and your account is clear.

The following additional policies apply to you when you have an outstanding balance with NES:

• If you attempt to pay for any further services by credit card, your credit card will be billed for the amount of all services you have requested, as well as the outstanding balance owed by you to NES. You agree to pay for all such services and outstanding balances in the event your credit card company does not.
• If you attempt to pay for any further services by check or money order, any payments received will be applied first to your outstanding debt, with any excess applied to the requested services.
• Any credits or refunds for which you may be eligible will be applied first to your outstanding debt, with any excess to be returned to you.

Testing on Consecutive Test Dates

If you are concerned that you might have failed a test (but have not yet received your score report), you may wish to wait until you receive your test score(s) to register for the next administration. Because some score report dates fall on or after the regular registration deadline for the next test date, there is a provision for waiving the late registration fee for candidates who plan to take the same test(s) on the next consecutive test date. This fee will be waived only if you failed the test.

If you failed the test, your status as a consecutive test date candidate will be confirmed when you register for the next administration, and your late registration fee will automatically be waived.

Fee waivers are valid only during the late registration period for the next test date. The fee waiver does not apply to registration for the March 8, 2008, administration.

Fee waivers associated with testing on consecutive test dates will not apply to the additional test dates for the Communication and Literacy Skills test.

If you plan to register for consecutive test dates and require alternative testing arrangements, please call NES at (413) 256-2892 or (866) 565-4894 as soon as possible to discuss your request.

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