UWL Testing Center
Computer-Based Testing
The UWL Computer Based Test Center is open!
Admissions exams
Licensure & Professional Certification exams
Employment & Talent screening exams
UW Placement Tests
ACT, ACE, ASE, BOC, CLEP, DSST, FoRT, GRE, LSAT, MAT, MTLE, NASM, NTN, Praxis, SAT, TOEFL
Most testing appointments are scheduled through the exam vendor; see the links below for the tests offered through the UWL Testing Center.
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday
7:30 am - 4:30 pm
Location: 2106 Centennial Hall (second floor)
La Crosse, WI 54601
Phone: 608.785.8968
Fax: 608.785.8965
Parking: Lot C-10, kitty corner from Centennial Hall, is a pay-to-park lot. It is $1 per hour. Pay at the kiosk in the NE corner as you leave the lot. Map/Parking.
See the UWL Parking Website for details and to watch the parking video.
Quicklinks
- UW Regional Placement Testing
- UWL Register Blast
- Test Center Check-in video (by Pearson)
- Test Anxiety Reduction
TESTS ADMINISTERED
- ACE (American Council on Exercise)
- ACT (ACT college admission test, National test dates)
- ACTFL* (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages)
ACTFL registration instructions - ASE (Automotive Service Excellence)
- BOC (Board of Certification for Athletic Trainers)
- Civil Service (Wisconsin) no longer given at UWL
- CLEP* (College Level Exam Program)
- UWL CLEP Policy
- Modern States FREE CLEP test prep
- Correspondence* (proctored/distance exams for other schools)
- DSST* (college credit by exam, formerly DANTES)
- FORT (Foundations of Reading Test - Wisconsin)
- GRE (Graduate Record Examination)
- LSAT (Law School Admission Test)
- MAT* (Miller Analogies Test)
- MTLE (Minnesota Teacher Licensure Exams)
- NTN (National Testing Network, jobs in public safety)
- Praxis Series (Praxis CORE, Praxis Subject Tests)
- SAT (SAT college admission test)
- TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
- UW Placement Tests
- Wisconsin Pesticide Applicator Test (PAT)
- Wisconsin DATCP Weights & Measures Exams
*Register through Register Blast (www.registerblast.com/uwlax) for exams marked with *. Register for other exams through their websites.
ONLINE REGISTRATION via REGISTER BLAST
- Register Blast: Fast and secure online registration for these exams - ACTFL, CLEP, DSST, MAT, and Proctored Correspondence exams.
- There is a $3.50 surcharge for this service.
- All online registrations are final and no refunds will be given. We will reschedule your exam once for free, but you must contact the test center in writing at least 24 hours before your scheduled exam appointment.
- If registering a family member for a test, please fill in all information areas with the examinee information (name, email address, etc.) even if the credit card or checking account used for payment may not be in the examinee name.
- Upon successful registration, an email confirmation receipt will be sent. Print confirmation receipt and bring it on the test date. IMPORTANT If an email confirmation receipt is not received, there may be a problem with the registration, registrant may have entered an invalid email address, or an email spam blocker may be preventing receipt from coming through. If you do not receive an email confirmation, first check spam blocker, and if that doesn't help, call our test center (608-785-8074).
- An email reminder will be sent two days before scheduled test date.
UWL TESTING CENTER
- Is a member of the National College Testing Association (NCTA) and the NCTA National Proctoring Network and is an approved testing center for most distance learning programs.
- Offers computer based exams for a variety of test vendors including ETS, Scanton, CLEP, DSST, IQT, Kryterion, MAT, National Testing Network, PAN, Pearson/VUE, Prometric, ProV, and PSI.
- Subscribes and upholds the NCTA professional guidelines and standards for test administration and follows best practices of the Association of Test Publishers.