ELPE

Please note that the oral format for Graduate students has changed.

Cancellations will not be charged if cancelled a week before the exam, charged $10 if the week of, and charged the full amount if not cancelled before noon on Thursday the week of.

Upcoming ELPE Dates:

Click here to register for the ELPE exam.

Upcoming ELPE dates are listed below

January 14, 2012- No fee if cancelled by January 6, $10 fee if cancelled January 7-12 by noon, full fee after noon on the 12th

March 10, 2012- No fee if cancelled by March 2, $10 fee if cancelled March 3-8 by noon, full fee after noon on the 8th

May 12, 2012

June 2, 2012- Composition scores will not be available until August 23, 2012

July 7, 2012- Composition scores will not be available until August 23, 2012

August 4, 2012

August 11, 2012

August 18, 2012

Please note: There will be no ELPE in November 2011, February or April of 2012.

How to be considered as a stand-by candidate if you are not able to register:

If registration is closed, your only option is to be considered as a stand-by tester.

You must complete ALL of the following to be considered:

1) You must obtain a letter from your academic advisor with the following information and bring it with you to the test center: The sections you need to take and all previous test(s) taken and scores received (for all previous test dates)

2) You must report to the location of the exam by 7:30 a.m. the day of the exam.

3) Stand-by candidates will be called for and you will need to present yourself with your letter at that time.

IF you do not appear by 7:30, you will not be allowed to test that day

Retest Request

The ELPE may only be taken once every three months. Under specific circumstances, you may request a retest within that three month period. To get permission to retest, you will need to do the following:

Go to your departmental graduate advisor. Ask that person to request a retest through the Office of Graduate Studies.
If your departmental graduate advisor agrees, he/she should write a letter to Dr. Butler-Purry in the Office of Graduate Studies requesting a retest. Requests should include the student's name, UIN, reason for retest request, most recent test date and score(s). Requests must be sent to Dr. Butler-Purry no later than the Thursday before the week of the exam (i.e. SEVEN BUSINESS DAYS).
If Dr. Butler-Purry approves the retest, the Office of Graduate Studies will notify Measurement and Research Services of your approval for the retest. Retest approvals must be received by Measurement & Research Services no later than the Friday before the week of the exam (i.e. SIX BUSINESS DAYS) before the exam so that these students can be included in the schedule which is emailed to students the Wednesday before the exam (i.e. THREE BUSINESS DAYS) before the exam.
If you have received permission to retest you must bring either a copy of the e-mail from OGS stating you have been approved or a copy of the memo with Dr. Butler-Purry's signature.

You are responsible for checking your eligibility to retest for the ELPE. You will not be notified by MARS If you need permission or if you are not elligible to test. Students who register and are ineligible or need permission will be deleted from the roster and will not be admitted on exam day.

You MUST have approval from the Office of Graduate Studies to re-test. If you test without permission, you will be charged for the test, but your test will not be scored.

The Office of Graduate Studies uses the following guidelines to determine eligibility for retesting:

The student needs the re-test to qualify as a GAT (teaching assistant) or to graduate in the coming semester AND
The student has two or fewer areas remaining AND
The student scored at least 75 in the areas not passed.