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Testing and Certification Services

Testing Services at ACC

Important Information:

  • ALL students must provide Testing Center Staff with a photo I.D. prior to testing.
  • Please anticipate your testing needs and allow enough time for testing.
  • Appointments in advance are mandatory; email for scheduling is preferred. Phone messages may sit in the inbox until the next scheduled work day, whereas email is checked daily.
  • Hours are subject to change. In the event of no scheduled appointments, hours may begin later and/or close early or close for the day.

Testing Center HoursAlpena Campus:
Student Services Center
Van Lare Hall 101
Beth Matzke
matzkeb@alpenacc.edu
989.358.7209
Fax: 989.358.7569

Spring Semester Hours:
Monday: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. & 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday: 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Thursday: 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

The Alpena Testing Center will be closed January 12 - January 16. The Testing Center will resume normal hours on Wednesday, January 17.

To schedule an appointment contact Beth Matzke in the Testing Center at matzkeb@alpenacc.edu.

  • Testing Center is located in Van Lare Hall, Room 101 inside of the Student Success Center. The closest entrance is through door V2.
  • All students MUST make appointments in advance. 
  • Email is preferred for making appointments. Phone messages may sit in the inbox until the next scheduled work day. Email is checked daily.
  • ALL students must provide Testing Center staff with Photo I.D. prior to testing.
  • If students need accommodations, they will use the E-reader in the lab. 
  • Hours are subject to change. In the event of no scheduled appointments, the testing center may open late, close early, or close for the day.

Oscoda Campus:
Room 206
Patrice Billiel
billielp@alpenacc.edu
989.358.7445

Spring Semester Hours:
Monday: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday: 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Thursday: 1:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Friday: 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

The Oscoda Testing Center, Student Success Center, and Computer Lab will be closed on Wednesday, January 17 and will open at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, January 22 instead of 10:00 a.m.

To schedule an appointment contact Patrice Billiel in the Testing Center at 989.358.7445 or billielp@alpenacc.edu.

Alpena Community College offers a variety of testing certification services to students and the local community. Some services require registration and payment of a fee. Services include:

  • Basic Skills Assessment:
    ACCUPLACER placement assessment is required for:
  1. All new Alpena Community College students who do not have A.C.T. Reading, English and Mathematics subscores of 18 or higher and wish to register for more than one course** (Note: placement tests will only be given in the subject areas where subscore minimums were not met) or
  2. All new Alpena Community College students who do not have SAT Reading test scores of 25, Writing and Language test scores of 25 and Mathematics test score of 26.5 or higher and wish to register for more than one course* (Note: placement tests will only be given in the subject areas where sub-score minimums were not met.)
  3. Have not earned a minimum of 12 college credits including at least one college-level course in either English or Mathematics and
  4. All students who enroll for the first time in an English or mathematics course.

** Students who accumulate 6 credit hours by taking one course per semester will be required to take the ACCUPLACER placement test battery.

The ACCUPLACER Placement Test is strongly recommended for all students, regardless of course load or field of study.

  • Industrial Testing
    ACC is a certified (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) Industrial Testing Site and offers a full range of concrete materials testing lab. Cement, aggregate, and concrete testing are done for a variety of industrial, commercial, and governmental clients, providing unique hands-on learning for students. For information on testing services, contact Eric Kennedy, 989.358.7364. Fee required.
  • Microsoft Office Specialist Certification
    Alpena Community College is an authorized testing center for the Microsoft Office Specialist certification exams for business and desktop applications. For further information, contact Nat Salziger, 989.358.7406. Fee required.
  • VUE Testing
    Alpena Community College is an authorized testing center for certification exams on skills in the Information Technology industry. Some of the certification exams include Allaire, Avaya, Brocade, CIW, Check Point, Cisco, CompTIA, Ericsson, iGeneration Informix, LPI, Lucent, Microsoft, Novell, PTC, RSA Security, Siebel Systems. For further information, contact Nat Salziger in the ACC Library at 989.358.7406. Fee required.
  • Work Keys Assessment
    Alpena Community College is an ACT Work Keys Service Center and offers individual assessments in workplace readiness skills and job profiling/assessment for specific business needs on a fee basis. For further information, contact Dawn Stone, 989.358.7293.
  • Work Keys
    Assessment in workplace readiness skills (reading, writing, mathematics, observation, applied technology, locating information, teamwork). For further information, contact the Testing Center, 989.358.7209.
  • ServSafe
    Food Protection Manager Certificate. For further information, contact the Testing Center, 989.358.7209.
  • CLEP
    College Level Examination Program (Credit by Exam). For further information, contact the Testing Center, 989.358.7209.
  • Prometric DSST
    Credit by Exam. For further information, contact the Testing Center, 989.358.7209.
  • Ramsey
    Employment testing in various areas (for example: mechanical, electrical, welding, millwright, employee safety, print, wind turbine technician, etc). For further information, contact the Testing Center, 989.358.7209.
  • WONDERLIC
    WPI (Wonderlic Productivity Index) - uses personality traits for predicting job performance 
    WPT-R - Cognitive ability, which is the ability to learn, understand information and instructions and to solve problems
    WBST - Test of verbal skills and quantitative skills
    For further information, contact the Testing Center, 989.358.7209.
  • ISCET  
    International Society of Certified Electronics Technicians
    For further information, contact the Testing Center, 989.358.7209.
  • ASE
    Auto Service Certification Training, Automotive Service Excellence Test
    For further information, contact the Testing Center, 989.358.7209.