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separate and additional recent

photograph which will be forwarded to ETS with the retest. The examinee also is required to name three responsible individuals who can identify him or her from this photograph. Each test taker may be asked also to provide a thumbprint as an additional means of positive identification at the time of the retest.)

If an examinee elects this option he or she may request, prior to learning his or her retest results, that the retest score be retained as the score of record. There is no refund of fees when the retest score is reported in this way.

2. A test taker may authorize ETS to cancel
the questioned score and remove it from
the record. The basic test fee plus any
additional fees will be refunded, and, if
the score has already been reported, ETS
will notify the score recipients that it has
been canceled. Recipients will not be
informed of the reasons for cancellation.
If a score has been held pending
investigation, no disclosure of the
cancellation will be made to designated
score recipients.

3. Test takers may provide the Board of
Review with additional information for its
consideration, such as other test results
or academic records or a doctor's
certificate attesting to physical
impairments that might affect
handwriting. (Character references are not
generally considered by the Board to be
relevant to the validity of a test score.) If
the Board finds the information
unconvincing, the examinee may submit
additional information, take a retest, or
authorize cancellation of the score.

A test taker who decides to take one of
the options described should contact
the Secretary of the Board of Review. If none
of these options is chosen, the questioned
score will be withheld and not reported by
ETS. If the score has already been reported,
score recipients will be notified only that the
score has been canceled; no reference will
be made to the reason for the cancellation.

Q: When must a test taker select one of these options?

A: If a score has been withheld, there is no deadline; the score in question is simply held in an inactive status until such time as the candidate decides to respond.

If a score has previously been released, the examinee is notified of a date by which he or she must respond. If there is no response by the stipulated date, the score will be cancelled, fees refunded, and score recipients so notified. Score recipients will not be informed of the reason for the cancellation.

Q: Is there anything else test takers should know?

A: The ETS Test Security Office encourages examinees to call for further information about the options described above. In addition, certain test programs have established procedures for third party

mediation of test security cases. The Test

Security Office can inform test takers of the

specific test programs to which these
procedures are applicable, and under what
conditions.

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ETS views the nature and results of test
score validity investigations as strictly
confidential. However, we recognize the
possibility that, based on the available
information, other parties could come to
different conclusions about the validity of
a test taker's score. Institutions are not
bound by ETS decisions regarding
questioned test scores, and may make
their own judgments on the usefulness of a
test score for their own decision making.
Therefore, with a test taker's written
authorization and the agreement of the
institution(s) involved, all information
pertinent to the investigation of the score
will be made available by ETS to a
representative of the designated
institution(s).

While examinees should be aware that not all admissions officers may be willing to review the facts and make independent judgments, this is a course of action worth considering.

Finally, each test taker is encouraged to speak with his or her parents, counselor or other advisor before making a final decision regarding the options available to him or her. This is recommended if the test taker is a minor. The Test Security Office is ready to discuss any aspect of this matter with affected examinees, and the Board of Review will reconsider any case in light of such discussion if requested.

Educational Records Bureau (ERB)

Secondary School Admission Test (SSAT)