ETS Computer-Based Testing (CBT) Center

With the help of Educational Testing Service (ETS), a private educational testing and measurement organization located in Princeton, New Jersey, The University of Mississippi has installed a complete ETS Computer-Based Testing Center that allows students of any age to take ETS-developed tests on the Oxford campus rather than in Tupelo, Memphis, or Jackson. The new lab is located in the E.F. Yerby Conference Center at Grove Loop and University Avenue, and is equipped with four testing stations that include networked personal computers with headphones. The center will be operated by two certified ETS administrators of the Office of Professional Development and Non-Credit Education.

Available Tests

  • Graduate Record Exam (GRE)
  • Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL IBT)
  • Professional Assessments for Beginning Teachers I (PRAXIS)
  • National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)

Advantages of UM-CBT Center

  • Convenient, safe location
  • Convenient scheduling
  • Full service (scores can be mailed to 4 schools at no extra charge)*
  • Official scores mailed 2-3 weeks after the test date

* Request must be made on the computer the day of the test.

The University of Mississippi Testing Center is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

For more information on ETS, visit www.ets.org

ACT-Administered Tests

ACT National
Dates of test administration in the E.F. Yerby Conference Center Auditorium at Ole Miss:
  • October 27, 2007
  • December 8, 2007
  • Feb. 9, 2008
  • April 12, 2008
  • June14, 2008
Register through ACT at www.act.org. The University of Mississippi’s Center Code is 022500.

ACT Residual*
Dates to be arranged through Jonnie Fitch. Test administered at the E.F. Yerby Conference Center at Ole Miss.
* Scores valid only at The University of Mississippi.

Other Tests

SAT National
Dates of test administration in the E.F. Yerby Conference Center Auditorium at Ole Miss:
  • October 6, 2007
  • January 26, 2008
  • June 7, 2008

Register through SAT at www.sat.org. The University of Mississippi’s Center Code is 25180.

GRE Subject Tests
Contact Jonnie Fitch for availability.

Law School Admissions Test (LSAT)
Dates and locations of test administration:

  • September 9, 2006, Oxford Conference Center, 102 Ed Perry Boulevard
  • December 2, 2006, Law School at Ole Miss
  • February 10, 2007, Law School at Ole Miss

Register through LSAC at www.lsac.org.

Nurse Entrance Test (NET)
Contact Jonnie Fitch to confirm testing dates in 2007.
Register through ERI Customer Service Group at 1-800-292-2273.

Institutional TOEFL Paper-Based Test
Contact Jonnie Fitch to confirm Spring 2007 testing date. Tests are administered in the Law School on the Ole Miss campus in Oxford.

For additional information on testing at UM, please contact:

Ms. Jonnie Fitch
Senior Project Administrator
E.F. Yerby Conference Center
The University of Mississippi
University, MS 38677
Phone 662-915-7158
Fax 662-915-5138
E-mail jwfitch@olemiss.edu