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Important Testing information:
Identification Requirements
Each test taker must present acceptable photo identification (ID). An acceptable ID must include the test taker’s
name, photograph, and signature.
Acceptable Primary ID Documents:
The following government-issued ID documents are acceptable for admission to a test center within your
country of citizenship.
• Passport
• Passport Card (United States only—must be accompanied by valid supplemental ID
• Driver’s license
• State or Province ID card (including those issued by motor vehicle agencies)
• National ID card
• Military ID card
See the ParaPro Assessment Information Bulletin at https://www.ets.org/pdfs/parapro/parapro-information-bulletin.pdf
Confidentiality & Regulations Agreement
Each test taker is required to read and sign the Confidentiality and Regulations Agreement (Appendix D).
Completing this form will indicate agreement to the conditions referenced in the statement. The test administrator
must retain the completed Confidentiality and Regulations Agreement in a secure location until the start of the third
calendar month after the test date. (For example, retain the forms from October test dates until the beginning of
January.) Then, destroy them by shredding. Do not send completed Confidentiality and Regulations to ETS. If ETS
needs a particular form for an investigation, we will contact the test center during the retention period.
Test Materials
Provide a pencil and one piece of 8 ½-inch by 11-inch scratch paper to each test taker. If test takers have filled both
sides of the scratch paper before the test is completed, you may provide an additional piece of scratch paper. When
the test taker completes the test, collect and destroy the scratch paper.
Clothing & Appearance
Your ears must remain visible throughout the test and not be covered by hair, a hat, or other items.
Religious headwear is permitted if your ears remain visible.
Face masks may not be worn during check-in or any part of the testing session.
Dress appropriately for your test. You will not be permitted to take the exam if you are dressed inappropriately.
Avoid wearing items such as jewelry, tie clips, cuff links, ornate clips, combs, barrettes, headbands, and other hair accessories.
Break Policy
There are no scheduled rest breaks during a standard test session. If a test taker must leave the testing
room briefly during the test session to go to the rest room or take medication, the 2 ½ hour limit will continue to
count down. Remind the test taker that they will not be allowed extra testing time for such an absence. When the
test taker returns to the testing room, the session will continue to be available up to the 2 ½ hour limit.
Test takers who are approved for accommodations, such as extra breaks, will have received a confirmation letter
from ETS that states the test taker’s information and the accommodation they are approved for. Please see Chapter
6 (page 30) for information on how to provide extra breaks for test takers who are approved for the
accommodation.
Prohibited Items
While taking a test, test takers should have nothing on their desks but their scratch paper, photo identification and
pencils. The use of any of the following items in the testing room is strictly prohibited:
• All phones, including cell phones, smart phones (e.g., BlackBerry®, Android®, or iPhone® devices, etc.),
tablets, all watches, wearable technology and any electronic, recording, listening, or photographic devices are
not permitted in the test center. Possession of or use of any of these devices will result in immediate
dismissal from the test center, forfeiture of test fees, and cancellation of test scores. Test takers may also be
banned from taking a future ETS test.
• All jewelry, except for wedding and engagement rings.
• Books or pamphlets
• Protractors
• Calculators (including calculator watches)
• Compasses
• Highlighter pens
• Mechanical pencils
• Any type of radio or music player with headphones
• Earplugs or earbuds
• Watch alarms (including those with flashing lights or alarm sounds)
• Rulers
• Dictionaries (including electronic)
• Translators
• Papers of any kind
Test takers who are found with any of the electronic devices above (regardless of whether or not they appear to be
in use) should be dismissed from the test center. You and your staff members should not accept the responsibility
of holding or safeguarding test takers’ personal possessions. Anyone found using testing aids during the
administration (other than electronic devices) should be warned and, if the action continues, should be dismissed
from the examination. Test takers with electronic devices should not be given a warning but should be dismissed
immediately. See “Dismissal for misconduct” for further information (page 25).
Test Taker Misconduct
Dismissal is warranted if a test taker engages in
misconduct.
All the following behaviors by test takers are considered misconduct:
• attempting to take the test for someone else or having someone else take the test for you
• failing to provide acceptable identification
• Obtaining improper access to the test, a part of the test, or information about the test. This includes having
test questions or answers in advance of the test administration and bringing pre-knowledge of test
information into the test center in any form or on any item, including, but not limited to, identification
documents, prohibited devices, or via any other item that may or may not be permitted in the test center.
• Using or having any phone or other electronic, photographic, scanning, listening or recording device in your
possession at the test center. Possession of or use of such devices at the test center
• is prohibited and will result in your dismissal from the test center, forfeiture of your test fees and
cancellation of your scores by E T S.Using any aids in connection with the test, or other prohibited devices,
such as: mechanical pencils, pens, scan pens or devices, pagers, beepers, calculators, any watch, books,
pamphlets, notes, rulers, highlighter pens, stereos or radios with headphones, any phone, watch alarms
(including those with flashing lights or alarm sounds), stop watches, dictionaries, translators, compasses,
protractors, rulers, and any hand-held electronic, photographic, or recording devices.
• creating a disturbance (Disruptive behavior in any form will not be tolerated; the test
administrator/supervisor has sole discretion in determining what constitutes disruptive behavior.)
• attempting to give or receive assistance. Discussion or sharing of test content or answers during the test
administration, during breaks, or after the test is prohibited. Communication in any form is not permitted
during the test administration.
• removing or attempting to remove test content from the test center (Under no circumstances may test
content or any part of the test content be removed, reproduced, and/or disclosed by any means [e.g., hard
copy, verbally, electronically], to any person or entity.)
• tampering with a computer
• attempting to remove scratch paper from the computer-based testing room
• bringing a weapon or firearm into the test center
• bringing food, beverages, tobacco, or electronic cigarettes into the testing room
• leaving the test center during the test session or during breaks
• leaving the testing room without permission
• taking excessive or extended unscheduled breaks during the test session. Test center supervisors are required
to strictly monitor unscheduled breaks and report test takers who take excessive or extended breaks.
• referring to, looking through, or working on any test, or test section, when not authorized to do so, or
working after time has been called.
• failing to follow any of the test administration regulations contained in the Bulletin, and/or given by the test
administrator/supervisor, or specified in the test materials