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Contact Us:
  Office of Continuing Ed. & Workforce Development
  The University of Akron
  Wayne College 
  1901 Smucker Road
  Orrville, OH 44667

  330-684-8980 or
  1-800-221-8308, ext. 8980
  Fax: 330-684-8989
  E-mail us at: OCEWD@uakron.edu

Certification Testing Center Details

Authorized International Computer Driving License (ICDL) Testing Center

ICDL is the world's most widely acknowledged and accepted computer skills certification program. The certification program focuses on 7 main areas that are necessary for success in today's technologically advanced world: Basic Concepts of IT, File Management, Word Processing, Spreadsheets, Database, Presentations, Communication and Information. ICDL offers 2 types of certification options: Full Certification and a Level 1 Certificate. Level 1 Certification tests candidates knowledge in 4 of the 7 areas covered in the Full Certification. We are an ATC for administering ICDL certification exams.

ICDL provides you with better efficiency in the workplace and more confidence to help you succeed.

LaserGrade Testing

LaserGrade provides exams for small to medium sized state and national trade and professional associations, such as the Washington State Board of Labor and Industries (electricians), the International Code Council and the National Registry of Food Safety Professionals.
Wayne College offers examinations for large national licensing programs such as the National Interstate Council of State Boards of Cosmetology (NIC).

Sign up for LaserGrade now!
(http://www.lasergrade.com/)

VUE Testing Services

VUE, Virtual University Enterprise is the computer-based testing service of NCS Pearson.

Wayne College offers more than 200 of the latest IT certification exams and assessments, including Microsoft, Novell, CompTIA A+ and Network+, and MOUS.

Sign up for Vue by calling Ann Martin at
(330) 684-8984 or e-mail at abmarti@uakron.edu

The TOEFL Test

A valuable tool for students who would like to study abroad in English, the TOEFLŪ test (Test of English as a Foreign LanguageT) opens more doors than any other academic English test. More than 6,000 institutions and agencies in 110 countries rely on TOEFL scores to select students with the English skills needed to succeed. TOEFL covers all facets of English proficiency including a test of spoken English and grammar exercises.

2008 TOEFL Testing Dates
  • Friday, May 9
  • Friday, June 6
  • Friday, July 11
  • Friday, August 8

Distance Learning:

Wayne College provides proctoring services for distance schools and universities.

Convenient hours and ten station testing lab make testing accessible.
For scheduling, call 330-684-8984 or e-mail abmarti@uakron.edu.

ETS (Educational Testing Service) Literacy Services

The P.D.Q. Workplace Literacy Skills (WLS) Profile is a computer-based assessment tool designed to help literacy practitioners/tutors quickly assess someone’s functional literacy skills.

The P.D.Q. WLS Profile uses the same framework employed by the National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS).

Skills Assessed

Prose Skills
(reading & understanding text)

Document Skills
(accessing information from highly organized materials)
Quantitative Skills
(understanding and applying arithmetic skills & concepts)

 

ACT Certification Solutions

ACT provides the highest level of quality and performance for exam programs. As the industry leader in psychometric research, ACT focuses on validity, reliability, and standard-setting.

Their clients include:

  • Association of Social Work Boards
  • Commission on Dietetic Registration
  • American Board of Vascular Medicine
  • National Institute for Automobile Service Excellence (ASE)
  • National Conference of Bar Examiners
  • U.S. Department of State and its Foreign Service Written Exam
  • Commission on Graduates for Foreign Nursing Schools
  • Society of Actuaries
  • APICS-The Educational Society for Resource Management

 

 
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