Students, faculty, staff and the public can now access, register and take professional education certification tests required by many states and professional licensing organizations at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, which was named an ETS Certified Test Administration Site (CTAS) effective Friday, August 29, 2014.\u00a0The testing center is located in the ESU Innovation Center (Computer Lab 153) located at 562 Independence Road in East Stroudsburg, Pa.\u00a0ETS-Praxis computer based exams will be offered every Tuesday and Thursday at 9:30 a.m.<\/p>\n
Professional testing is available in the following areas: TOEFL iBT\u00ae test, the Texas Examinations of Educator Standards\u2122 (TExES\u2122) computer-administered tests, the Texas Examinations for Master Teachers\u2122 (TExMaT\u2122) Master Technology Teacher (MTT) test, the Praxis Series\u2122 tests and the Georgia Assessments for the Certification of Educators\u00ae (GACE\u00ae).\u00a0To register for an exam visit http:\/\/www.ets.org\/praxis\/<\/a> and follow the appropriate links to register.\u00a0Participants will be required to create an account, and once an exam is selected, East Stroudsburg University should be identified as the testing site.<\/p>\n Terry Barry, Ed.D., interim dean of ESU\u2019s college of education, said, \u201cEast Stroudsburg University\u2019s faculty prepares hundreds of students for teaching careers.\u00a0 Students can now take and pass their exams here on campus, in a timely fashion, in order to meet professional certification requirements across the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cResearch and Economic Development\u2019s Office of Workforce Development launched Pearson VUE Testing Services in the fall of 2013 and has administered more than 180 exams in the last seven months,\u201d said Sharone Glasco, director of workforce development.\u00a0\u201cWe are equally pleased to expand and launch ETS Praxis Testing services as part of the learning experience at ESU.\u00a0Our facility offers a state-of-the-art computer-based testing lab in a secure environment, flexible scheduling, and instant results,\u201d added Glasco.<\/p>\n