Test Administration Guidelines

Akron-Summit County Public Library provides test administration services free of charge. Library employees will administer tests and examinations only according to the following guidelines and associated procedures. The Library is able to administer exams for individual students who have made advance arrangements.

Test administration services include:

• Scheduling a mutually convenient time for testing
• Verifying the student’s photo ID
• Logging into the testing site or handing the student the physical exam
• Informing the student of the test instructions as given by the school
• Timing the exam
• Serving as a delivery and a pickup point for mailed exams
• Receiving and printing exams via e-mail
• Receiving and/or returning the completed exam back to the institution via fax
• Returning the completed exam back to the institution via the U.S. Postal Service, with the cost of postage passed on to the student or via prepaid mailer provided by the school
• Providing and extending time on a public library computer for online tests

Limited resources and staffing prohibit Library employees from proctoring exams according to more stringent requirements. Therefore, Library employees will not sign a proctoring statement that attests to more than they are permitted to do according to Library guidelines. Employees will only sign documents verifying that they will distribute, administer, and time the test, and/or verifying that the student received and took the exam.  The final page of this document includes a list of area institutions that provide more formal proctoring services.

The Library is NOT able to:

• Provide a Library employee to continuously monitor the exam, or verify that the student had no access to materials or assistance during testing
• Schedule a private place for exams
• Accommodate requests for walk-in or unscheduled testing
• Contact the testing institution to clarify procedural questions
• Schedule computer time during busy hours, including Sundays at Main Library
• Override computer security measures for online exams
• Grade exams
• Guarantee that the correct material has been received by the Library location, or that completed exams will be received by the testing institution by a specific date
• Accept money from the student to be transmitted to the school in order to take the exam
• Verify or guarantee the educational level or position of the staff member who provides the testing service
• Provide home addresses or phone numbers for Library employees who administer tests

Student Responsibilities:

• The student must schedule a mutually convenient appointment with the Library, well in advance of the test deadline. For Main Library, the student must contact Culture & AV (330.643.9015 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). For a Branch Library, the student must contact the Branch Manager. Contact information for branches is available on the Library’s website.
• The student is expected to forward this document to their school, or clearly communicate with the school about what the library can and cannot do. It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that the test administration services the Library provide meet the school’s proctoring guidelines.
• The student must provide current photo ID on the testing date.
• The student must pay for printing and/or postage or provide their own postage-paid envelope before beginning testing.
• The student is responsible for contacting the testing institution to clarify any procedural questions.
• The student is responsible for ensuring in advance that the Library’s computer security measures will permit access to the test site for online testing.

Location Information:

Meeting rooms are available for use by the public when not needed for Library purposes. You may reserve the meeting room for test administration 90 days in advance.

If a meeting room is not available, the student may use any table in the public area of the library. Students should be made aware that there will be noise in the public area.

Please call any ASCPL location with questions about Library Test Administration services. For Main Library, please call the Culture & AV Department at 330.643.9015.

Proctoring services are offered at the following locations:

(As of October 2025)

Students are advised to call ahead to verify availability of service, fees, and reservation requirements.