Educational Testing Sites

Official Test Sites

• AP: Advanced Placement
  The College Board offers information on the high school Advanced Placement courses and the Advanced Placement exams given in them each spring.
• CLEP: College Level Examination Program
  The College-Level Examination Program® (CLEP) gives you the opportunity to receive college credit for what you already know by earning qualifying scores on any of 34 examinations
• DAT: Dental Admission Test
• GED: General Educational Development
  The GED Tests measure high school-level skills and knowledge.
• GMAT: Graduate Management Admission Test
  GMAT evaluates applicants from many educational backgrounds for business schools.
• GRE: Graduate Record Examinations
  The Graduate Record Examinations® (GRE®) General Test measures verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and critical thinking and analytical writing skills for graduate school admissions.
• ISEE: Independent School Entrance Examination
  The Independent School Entrance Examination (ISEE) is a three-hour admission test for entrance into grades five through twelve.
• LSAT: Law School Admission Test
  The Law School Admission Test (LSAT) is a half-day standardized test required for admission to all ABA–approved law schools, most Canadian law schools, and many non–ABA–approved law schools.
• MAT: Miller Analogies Test
  The MAT is a high-level mental ability test requiring the solution of problems stated as analogies.
• MCAT: Medical College Admission Test
  The Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) is a standardized, multiple-choice examination designed to assess the examinee's problem solving, critical thinking, writing skills, and knowledge of science concepts and principles prerequisite to the study of medicine.
• MELAB: Michigan English Language Assessment Battery
  Evaluates advanced-level English language competence of adult nonnative speakers of English
• NCLEX-RN/PN: National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses/Practical Nurses
  An exam used in licensing nurses.
• NLN PAX: National League for Nursing Pre-Admission Examination
  A standardized entrance exam for potential nursing students who seek admittance into nursing schools nationwide.
• Praxis: Teacher Certification Tests
  The Praxis Series™ assessments provide educational tests and other services that states use as part of their teacher licensure and certification process.
• PSAT/NMSQT: Preliminary-SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test
  a standardized test that provides firsthand practice for the SAT Reasoning Test™ and gives you a chance to enter National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) scholarship programs.
• SAT/SAT II: Scholastic Aptitude Test
  Nearly every college in America accepts the SAT or Subject Tests as a part of its admissions process.
• SSAT: Secondary School Admission Test
  For admission to independent secondary schools
• TOEFL: Test of English as a Foreign Language
  The TOEFL® test is the most widely accepted English-language test in the world.
• TOEIC: Test of English for International Communication
  Measures English language skills for business

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Test Preparation Sites

• AAMC: MCAT Practice Test 3R
  The Association of American Medical Colleges offers one full length practice exam for free. Registration is required.
• AP: Official Test Preparation
  The College Board allows you to hone your essay-writing and problem-solving skills by practicing with previously administered free-response questions.
• CLEP: Official Test Preparation
  You can download a free, official CLEP demo from the College Board to practice taking a CLEP exam. NOTE: This cannot be downloaded onto a library computer.
• Kaplan Test Prep
  Kaplan offers fee-based test preparation services for a variety of educational tests. Use this site to search for the services that they offer.
• Law School Admission Council
  The Official LSAT Sample PrepTest: The Law School Admission Council offers a free, complete practice LSAT examination in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
• MELAB Sample Test Items
  The University of Toronto MELAB offers a few sample test questions and information to help prepare for the test.
• Peterson's
  Via the quick links menu on the left, Peterson's offers information and a few test question examples for most of the academic tests given. There are also online practice tests offered for a fee.
• Praxis: Prepare for a Praxis Test
  Tests at a Glance are available on-line and a printable version can be downloaded by following the links below. Tests at a Glance include content outlines, sample questions in each content area with rationale for the best answers, and test-taking strategies.
• PSAT/NMSQT: Official Test Preparation
  The College Board offers free sample practice questions for the PSAT/NMAQT.
• SAT: Official Test Preparation
  The College Board offers free practice questions and a review of the essay on the New SAT. An official, free, full-length practice test is also available for download when you sign-up for a free registration.
• TOEFL: Practice Onilne
  TOEFL Practice Online is a community for test takers preparing for the TOEFL or anyone wishing to improve their academic English skills. This is the ONLY Web site that has official test material from the new TOEFL test. By becoming a member you can access helpful information, discussion boards, sample responses from a speaking test, and purchase a practice test and practice questions. Registration is required.