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ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY
    Support Units


Testing and Data Management Services

The Testing and Data Management Services is a support unit that has provided service to University of Alabama students, faculty, and staff for more than 25 years. The department operates within approved University of Alabama guidelines, policies, and procedures. In addition, the American Psychological Association's code of ethics is used as a guide for the use of test and test results and in designing research projects, and the restrictions of the the Family Rights and Privacy Act are observed as a guideline to ensure the privacy of test scores and related data.

Testing and DMS services include test administration; test scoring and score reporting; and forms design and data input through optical scanning. Forms design, printing, and scanning services are provided to students, faculty, and staff who use surveys and questionnaires for data collection. A scoring service for classroom tests is provided for faculty members.

Testing and DMS administers course placement tests, tests for credit by examination, and special tests requested by students and faculty. Testing and DMS also serves as an information center for prospective and enrolled students who wish to register to take undergraduate and graduate admission tests.

Contact the Testing and Data Management Services staff at (205) 348-6760 for information on registering for the tests below or to find out whether Testing and DMS can administer other tests not listed.

ACT
CLEP
DAT
GMAT
GRE
LSAT
MAT
MCAT
SAT
TOEFL