Testing
The Division of Extended Programs administers some entrance, aptitude, and equivalency tests at WOU (see below). For information on other tests, contact us.
Links
- CLEP
- MAT
- Oregon Board of Tax Practitioners (formerly SBTE)
- CBEST
- Praxis
- ORELA (Oregon Educator Licensure Assessments)
- ORELA Preparation – FREE
- Need a test proctor?
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College Level Examination Program CLEP)
CLEP testing is currently unavailable at Western Oregon University. Please contact:
- Chemeketa Community College in the Counseling and Career Services office, on the main floor of Building 2. Contact number: 503 399-6556 or e-mail testing@chemeketa.edu
- Linn Benton Community College in the Career and Counseling Center, in Takena Hall, room 101. Call 541 917-4781 for more information.
The CLEP test is administered via computer. To try it out or to find out more information, go to the CLEP website.
Miller Analogies Test (MAT)
The Miller Analogies Test is a high-level test intended to measure your analytical ability to recognize relationships between ideas, your fluency in the English language, and your general knowledge of the humanities, natural sciences, social sciences, and mathematics. The test requires the solution of problems stated as analogies, A:B :: C:D, and consists of 120 partial analogies that are to be completed in 60 minutes without the use of a dictionary or any other reference aid.
There is no foreign-language edition of the MAT.
Register at least one week in advance. Fee is $99. (Fees are subject to change.) Maximum of 16 people per session.
| DATE | TIME |
LOCATION |
| Friday, December 18, 2009 | 10 a.m. |
University Park Conference Center, Unit B |
| Friday, February 19, 2010 | 10 a.m. |
University Park Conference Center, Unit B |
Check our sister institutions for different dates and times:
For more information about this test, including practice exams, visit Miller Analogies.
Please note that MAT scores are available for five years after the test date. If you took the MAT more than five years ago, Pearson Education, Inc. cannot provide official transcripts or personal score reports for that test date.
Oregon Board of Tax Practitioners
(formerly State Board of Tax Examiners)
Tax preparer and tax consulting licensing examination sessions are currently unavailable at Western Oregon University. Please contact:
- Chemeketa Community College in the Counseling and Career Services office, on the main floor of Building 2. Contact number: 503 399-6556 or e-mail testing@chemeketa.edu
Simply need a test proctor?
The Division of Extended Programs is a licensed testing site offering test proctoring.
Cost is $25 for the first hour and $25 for each additional hour or partial hour. (Prices are subject to change without notice.) To discuss setting up a test supervised by a proctor, please email Extended Programs or call 503-838-8483.
Once arrangements are made with DEP, the test taker must arrange for the testing agency to send detailed instructions to DEP about proctoring the exam and returning the test materials.