Testing Center also administers the following Tests from the Educational Testing Service:

• College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) testing provides students of any age with the opportunity to get undergraduate college credit for what they already know through a series of exams in college courses. This test is administered to HCCC and non-HCCC students by appointment. Starting January 2004, military personnel will have the option of taking government-funded CLEP exams at the testing center. For more information on the CLEP exams, go to www.collegeboard.com/clep
  
  
• Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Educational Support (DANTES) originally was developed for military but is used by colleges and universities to award college credit to those civilian students and adult learners who demonstrate that they have knowledge comparable to someone who completed the classroom course in the subject. It also assists military candidates in meeting their educational goals. For more information on the DANTES exams, go to www.getcollegecredit.com/materials.htm
  This test is administered to HCCC and non-HCCC students by appointment.
  
  
• The PRAXIS Series: Professional Assessments for Beginning Teachers is a set of assessments that provides accurate, reliable information used by various educational agencies to make licensing decisions for beginning teachers. Examinees register at ETS. For information and to download registration application, go to www.ets.org/praxis
  
  
• Test of Spoken English (TSE) measures the ability of non-native speakers of English to communicate orally in English. Examinees register at ETS. For information and to download registration application, go to www.toefl.org/tse/tseindx.html 
  
  
• Graduate Record Examination (GRE) assesses prospective graduate student's verbal, quantitative, and analytical writing skills as well as the student's knowledge of specific fields of study. Examinees register at ETS. For information on registration, go to www.gre.org/codelst.html
  
  
• Certified Financial Planner (CFP) Certification Examination assesses an individual's ability to apply financial planning knowledge to real-life financial planning situations. For information and to download registration application, go to www.cfp.net/become/examdetails.asp
  
  
• Certified Marketing Technician (CMT) Exam is a professional accreditation developed by the Market Technicians Association (MTA) for Technical Analysts that assesses an individual's understanding of trends and momentum, and the basics of indicators used for analysis.