Canceling or Voiding of Test Scores

Canceling Your Test Scores

If after taking a test you do not want your scores reported or you feel that you did not perform as well as you could have, you may cancel your test scores. Evaluation Systems will cancel your scores upon receipt of

a completed Score Cancellation Form (available at paper-based testing test sites); or
a written request (include your name, your signature, the last five digits of your social security number, your ICTS identification number, your date of birth, the test date, and the test for which you wish to have your scores canceled).

For paper-based testing, your cancellation request must be received at Evaluation Systems within seven days of the date on which you took the test. For computer-based testing, your cancellation request must be faxed to Evaluation Systems at (413) 256-7086 within two business days of your test date. If you choose to cancel your scores, you will not receive a refund or credit of any kind.

If you request that your scores be canceled, your test performance will not be reported to you, to ISBE, or to any institution. Your scores will not be entered into any ICTS records; therefore, after the cancellation of your scores, you will not be able to have your scores reported for any purpose. However, the testing session will count as one of the five attempts that an examinee is allowed to take an ICTS test. Please visit the ISBE Web site at www.isbe.net/certification for the most recent information regarding certification requirements.

Please note that test scores are used by ISBE only for the purposes of certification. The Basic Skills test and Test of Academic Proficiency scores are used by Illinois institutions as part of the admission requirements for entry into an Illinois-approved educator preparation program, and the scores from other tests may be required for completion of an Illinois-approved educator preparation program. Even if you think you did not perform as well as you would have liked, you may have done well enough to pass the test. If you cancel your scores, you will not know how well you performed or where your areas of strength or weakness are.

Voiding of Test Scores by ISBE or Evaluation Systems

If you violate one of the Rules of Test Participation or if doubts are raised about the validity or legitimacy of your registration or your scores, Evaluation Systems will notify ISBE and other parties as deemed appropriate by ISBE.

Evaluation Systems takes reasonable security precautions in developing and administering ICTS tests and in processing test scores. ISBE and Evaluation Systems reserve the right to void your scores if in their sole opinion there is adequate reason to question your scores' validity or legitimacy, due to misconduct (including, but not limited to, a violation of the rules set forth in the current registration bulletin, including the Rules of Test Participation, and the rules communicated to you, orally or in writing, at the test administration) or to circumstances within or beyond your control.

In addition, if an examinee violates rules and scores are voided as a result, the testing session will still count as one of the five attempts that an examinee is allowed to take an ICTS test. Please visit the ISBE Web site at www.isbe.net/certification for the most recent information regarding certification requirements.

Further action may be taken, including denying, revoking, and/or suspending a teaching certificate. Other actions, as described in Rule 1 of the Rules of Test Participation, may be taken as deemed appropriate by ISBE and/or Evaluation Systems.

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