Testing Center

The Testing Centers at Illinois Central College seek to provide the highest quality of testing services for all students, faculty, and members of our community. We adhere to the National College Testing Association (NCTA) Professional Standards and Guidelines, striving to administer tests in an efficient, secure, and welcoming environment. Our desire is to facilitate access to education and career goals, being aware of and adapting as needs change.

Types of Testing Offered

• Accuplacer Placement

  ICC offers the next-generation ACCUPLACER test, designed to help place you in classes that match your skill level and identify your knowledge, strengths, and needs in math and reading. If you don’t qualify for college-level courses based on any of the options described on the Academic Placement page, you will need to take the ACCUPLACER test. 
• ACT Exam

  Our East Peoria Testing Center serves as a site for the ACT exam. However, you must register with ACT online at actstudent.org. For more information about the ACT exam, check your local high school office or visit act.org.
• Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems (CASAS)

  For more information or to schedule an appointment, please contact the Adult Education Department.
• CLEP

  Our Testing Centers offer the College-Level Examinations Program (CLEP) which gives students an opportunity to earn college credit for prior learning in certain subject areas by taking an exam. 

  • Register and Pay for the CLEP Exam, this is a self-serve feature that enables you to create and manage your own personal account and purchase study materials.
  • Once registered, you may schedule your appointment with us.

  CLEP Fees: 

  • $25 service fee payable to Illinois Central College (fee waived for ICC students)
  • $97 fee payable to CLEP 

  We administer all the CLEP tests offered, but the College only awards credit for some. For complete details, including things you should know about earning credit, see our Credit for Prior Learning guide. 
• Illinois Certification Exams

  CNA

  We serve as a test site for the CNA exam. The Nurse Aide Testing office at Southern Illinois University handles the registration and scoring of these exams. For more information about the CNA exam or if you need to confirm a registration date, please visit the SIU Nurse Aide website.

  Other Illinois Certification Exams

  We also serve as a test site for the following exams:

  • IL Real Estate
  • IL Barber
  • IL Cosmetology
  • IL Esthetician
  • IL Nail Technician

  For registration and payment information, please visit PSI Online website.
• Kryterion

  Our Testing Centers have recently joined the Kryterion Testing Network. Visit Kryterion to get more information and schedule your exam.
• Meazure Learning

  The ICC Testing Centers are part of the Meazure Test Center Network. Some of the exams offered are (but not limited to) WOCNCB and BOC Athletic Trainer Certification. View a complete listing of available testing programs. 
• Mechanical Aptitude Test

  Our Testing Centers serve as a site for the Wiesen Test of Mechanical Aptitude. For more information, Visit Criteria or check this document.
• NCRC/ACT WorkKeys

  ICC offers ACT WorkKeys testing giving you the opportunity to complete or improve your rating on the National Career Readiness Certification (NCRC).

  The NCRC is issued by ACT and measures skills critical to job success. This objective documentation is accepted nationwide and is comprised of three WorkKeys assessment:

  • Workplace Documents
  • Graphic Literacy
  • WorkKeys Applied Math

  To make an appointment, please call us at (309) 694-5234.

  For more information about NCRC and WorkKeys testing, visit the ACT website.
• Pearson

  Our Testing Centers are Pearson Authorized Test Centers offering (but not limited to) American College, CISCO, CompTIA, GED and Evaluation Systems exams. For more information about the exams, visit Pearson Professional Assessments.
• Proctor Exam Service and Testing Accommodation Services

  Do you need to take an exam outside of regular class time? Do you have an approved testing accommodation through Access Services? Does your Institution require your exam to be proctored? Your Instructor may use our Proctor Exam Service to provide a secure, supported testing environment that meets your testing needs.
• PSI

  ICC’s Testing Centers serve as PSI testing sites. For more information regarding the exams they offer, please visit PSI’s website.
• SAT Exam

  ICC’s East Peoria Testing Center serves as a site for the SAT Exam. However, you must register with SAT online. For more information about the SAT exam, check with your local high school office or visit the CollegeReadyiness.org website.