ExCET - Examination for the Certification of Educators in Texas

When you access the ETS online registration system for the first time, you will be required to establish a personal account by providing your TEA ID number, your last name, and your date of birth. Be sure to establish your ETS account under the exact same name as your account on the SBEC website. Remember: the name you register under must match the ID documents you will present on the day of the test, otherwise you may be prohibited from taking the test or your test scores may be canceled after you have taken the test. You will be able to return to the site to:

• view your registration and make changes if needed
• reschedule or cancel your registration
• print (or reprint) your admission ticket(s)
• place orders for services, such as score report reprints
• check the status of previously placed orders
• view your online score report

You cannot update your SBEC Educator Profile in the ETS online registration system. You must go to the SBEC website to update your SBEC Educator Profile. See Correcting or Updating Your SBEC Educator Profile.

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Admission Tickets

You will need an admission ticket for each test for which you are registered. Your admission ticket will contain information about your reporting time and reporting address. If any of the information on your admission ticket is not accurate or if you have any questions about your test center assignment, call Customer Service immediately at 1-800-205-2626.

Admission tickets are mailed about two weeks prior to the test date. Take your admission ticket with you to the test center on the day of the test. Be sure to keep a copy for your records.

Online Registration
If you register online, you can print your own admission ticket by accessing the online registration system. If you have not already established an account in the online registration system, you will need to do so in order to print your admission ticket. See Creating Your ETS Testing Account.

You should return to your personal account and view your admission ticket 24 hours before your test to confirm that there have been no changes to your reporting schedule. If there is a test center change (e.g., a different building than originally scheduled), it will be updated in your personal account. If there have been changes, you must print a new admission ticket.

Phone Registration
If you register by phone for a computer-administered test, you must print your own admission ticket by accessing the online registration system. If you have not already established an account in the online registration system, you will need to do so in order to print your admission ticket. See Creating Your ETS Testing Account. If you do not have Internet access, you should advise the Customer Service Representative so other arrangements can be made.

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Selecting a Test Session

When you register for a test you may request a morning or an afternoon test session. If you register online, you will be asked to make your request after the approved tests are listed.

Session requests are granted on a space-available (first-come, first-served) basis. Every effort is made to grant your request. However, it may not be possible to grant your request due to testing center capacity limits. Session requests cannot be granted on the day of the test. Please note the following restrictions:

• A session request can only be made when you register.
• Some tests centers do not offer both morning and afternoon sessions.
• You will not receive a refund if your session request cannot be honored.
• If you register with a session request and make subsequent changes to your test and/or test center selection(s), any previously granted session request may no longer be available.

At each test administration, you may take up to two tests, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. If you register for more tests than can be accommodated according to these guidelines, processing of your registration will be delayed.

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Test Dates and Registration Deadlines for CAT Tests

Test schedules for computer-administered tests are available in the online registration system. If you register by phone, available dates will be provided to you. All seating for computer-administered tests is on a space-available basis. Registration must be completed at least four business days before the test date.

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Change Requests

Requests to change your test, test date, test center, or test session can be made:

• Online
• By calling Customer Service at 1-800-205-2626. You must make the call yourself. No one else will be allowed to request changes for you.

A test date can only be changed to a date within the current testing year. To change a test, you must be preapproved by your Educator Preparation Program for the new test you are planning to take. Changes for computer-administered tests can be made up to four business days before the test date. Changes in registration will be processed only if seats are available at the requested test center, on the requested date, and at the requested time.

A $15 processing fee is charged for all registration changes; this is in addition to the $82 test fee. You must pay your change request fee by credit or debit card (American Express, Discover Network, MasterCard, and VISA). See Fees for Tests and Services.

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Canceling a Test

You may cancel a test for which you have registered online. Registrations may be canceled up to three business days before the test date. See Test Fee Refunds for refund request deadlines and refund amounts.

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Test Fee Refunds

Refunds of test fees paid by credit/debit card will be processed immediately to your credit/debit card account. Check with your debit/credit card company regarding its processing time for crediting your account. If you are absent or arrive too late to take the test at the administration for which you are registered, you will not be entitled to any refund. Service fees are not refundable.

• If the refund request is received no later than three business days prior to the test date, the full test fee (including the $35 computer fee) will be refunded, less a $30 refund fee.
• Refund requests received less than three business days prior to the test date will not be processed.

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Test Retake Policy

If you do not pass a computer-administered TExES test, you cannot take a computer-administered version of the same test for sixty days. To retake a test, you must have your Educator Preparation Program's approval. Please contact them for further information. Once you have your Educator Preparation Program's approval, submit a new registration along with the correct payment.

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Correcting or Updating Your SBEC Educator Profile

It is extremely important to keep the information in your SBEC Educator Profile up-to-date because the information you enter is uploaded into the ETS online registration system. Occasionally, ETS and TEA staff may need to contact you in the event that there is a last-minute change in a test administration reporting address or a reporting time change. Keeping the information current in your SBEC Educator Profile, especially your phone number and e-mail address, enables ETS and TEA staff to contact you quickly if the need arises. If your information is not current, ETS assumes no responsibility if you do not receive updated information and/or your official score report.

Your Educator Profile can only be updated or corrected through the SBEC website. The name you enter must match the primary identification document(s) you will present at the test center. Name changes in the SBEC system must be made in conjunction with your primary ID documents. After updating your Educator Profile, please confirm the changes by logging in to the ETS online registration system clicking on "Edit Your Profile" to confirm that the information retrieved from SBEC is correct.

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