Retake Policy

If you wish to retake an ICTS test, you must complete the registration process and make the appropriate payment by the registration deadline for the new test date. With the exceptions of the Basic Skills test and the Test of Academic Proficiency, when you register to retake a test, you must retake the entire test.

You must register for the entire Basic Skills test each time you register and you will receive one test booklet containing each individual subtest. However, you may elect to complete only the subtests that you have not already previously passed. Basic Skills test scores received for tests taken prior to September 11, 2010, are not applicable.
When you register for the Test of Academic Proficiency, you may register for a single subtest or for the entire test.

Your ability to retake a test is subject to the CBT Retest Window and Test Attempt Limit Policies, as described below.

CBT Retest Window

If you take a computer-based ICTS test before January 17, 2012, you must wait 120 days before retaking the same test on computer. If you take a test on or after January 17, 2012, you must wait 60 days before retaking the same test.

Test Attempt Limit Policy

The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) has implemented an Illinois Certification Testing System (ICTS) testing policy that places a five-time limit on the number of test attempts for the same test. This policy, which went into effect on January 12, 2010, states:

"Subsequent to January 12, 2010, no individual may attempt to pass the same test more than five times in any combination of the two formats (computer-based or paper-based testing)."

You may attempt to take the same test five times. If you have attempted the same test five times and do not pass, you will not be allowed to register to take the same test again.

Basic Skills and Test of Academic Proficiency (TAP). Each attempt of all or part of the Basic Skills test and the TAP counts toward the five-attempt limit for that test. However, if you have previously taken one or more Basic Skills subtests and are now taking the TAP, your Basic Skills attempts do not count toward your TAP attempts, even if you passed one or more Basic Skills subtests and those scores are being applied to the TAP.

Test attempt definition. When you sign in at the test site you are considered to have attempted to test.

The following circumstances DO count toward your test attempts:

You become ill and are unable to complete the test.
You cancel your score.
You leave the test center without completing the test.
Your test score is voided due to a violation of a testing rule.

The following circumstances DO NOT count toward your test attempts:

You are absent from the test.
You arrive late and are not allowed to test.

If you have questions regarding your testing history, contact Evaluation Systems (see "Contact Information"). For more information regarding the test attempt limit policy, please visit the ISBE Web site at www.isbe.net/certification for the most recent information regarding certification requirements.

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