California High School Proficiency Examination

Prior to Testing

If you have any questions or need information on the day of the test (Saturday), you may call the CHSPE Office toll-free at (866) 342-4773 from 7:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. If you test on a Sunday, the CHSPE office will be available by phone from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. (noon).

Admission Ticket

Once your registration materials have been processed, you will be mailed an Admission Ticket approximately three weeks before the test date. If you registered during the emergency registration period, an Admission Ticket will be mailed and e-mailed to you, or you will be contacted by telephone. In addition, if you provided an e-mail address and password when you registered, you will be able to print an Admission Ticket at the CHSPE Web site. The Admission Ticket will show your name and address, portions of the test you have previously passed (if any), and your school and district, if you are enrolled in grade 12 or below, your school and district. This information will be taken from your Registration Form.

Verify the spelling of your name, because the name on your Admission Ticket

1. must match the name on your photo identification required for admission to the test site,
2. is the name that will appear on the Certificate of Proficiency if you pass, and
3. if you are reregistering and we have your name incorrect, you may not get credit for portions you have already passed.

If you are currently enrolled in a public school, verify that your school and district are accurate, because these are the school and district that will be notified if you pass. If there are any errors in this information, see "Correcting Registration Information" below.

The Admission Ticket will also indicate your CHSPE identification number and specify your test date, reporting time, and the name and address of your assigned test site. Read your Admission Ticket carefully. It contains instructions vital to your success. Keep a record of your CHSPE identification number. It will be useful in communicating with the CHSPE Office or if you reregister.

If you have not received an Admission Ticket seven days prior to the exam date or you lose your Admission Ticket, contact the CHSPE Office. Alternatively, if you provided an e-mail address and password when you registered, go to the CHSPE Web site to print your Admission Ticket.

Bring your Admission Ticket to the test site on the day of the exam. You must report to the test site printed on the ticket. If you go to a test site other than the one designated on your Admission Ticket, you will not be admitted.

Correcting Registration Information

If there are errors on your Admission Ticket or you need to correct information that you provided on your Registration Form, complete and submit a Registration Information Correction Form. It can be mailed or faxed to the CHSPE Office. Alternatively, you can complete and submit the form online at the CHSPE Web site. Forms will also be available at the test site on the day of the test. The information that you provide on the Registration Information Correction Form will become part of your registration record and will completely replace any information you provided previously.

Because the name on your Admission Ticket must match the name on your photo identification required for admission to the test site, if the name on the Admission Ticket is incorrect, notify the CHSPE Office immediately.

What to Bring

Click here for a list of items you must bring to the test site.

Photo ID

Click here for information regarding photo identification you will need to be admitted to the exam.

Calculators

Click here for information about the type of calculators that may be used on the CHSPE.

Changing Your Test Date

If after registering you wish to change your test date, you may be able to transfer your registration to a future test date. To do so, complete and submit to the CHSPE Office the Change of Test Date Request Form, which is available on the CHSPE Web site. There is no fee to change your test date if your completed Change of Test Date Request Form is received by fax or mail no later than the regular registration deadline for the test date for which you are registered.

If you miss this deadline, there is a $25($50 beginning in 2011) transfer fee (money order or bank-issued cashier's check payable to California Department of Education). You can submit your completed form and fees separately. You can mail or fax it to the CHSPE Office, or you can submit it at your test site. The completed form must be received by 12:00 p.m. (noon) on the test date for which you are registered. Your fee must be mailed to the CHSPE Office and received no later than the regular registration deadline for the new test date to which you wish to transfer. If the fee is not received by the regular registration deadline for the new test date to which you wish to transfer, the transfer will not occur and you will not be provided a refund or credit of any kind.

Test Day Schedule

Report to your assigned test site before 8:00 a.m., regardless of which part(s) of the test you plan to take. If you arrive after 8:00 a.m. and the test administration staff have begun reading the test directions to examinees, you will not be admitted to the test session. Depending on the length of time required for check-in, the test administration is expected to end at approximately 1:30 p.m. The actual testing time is 3½ hours. During the testing time, you may take the Mathematics section, the English-language Arts Language subtest, or the English-language Arts Reading subtest, or any combination of the three.

Test Rules

At the test site and during the test administration, you must follow all instructions indicated in this website and given to you either orally or in writing by testing personnel. During the test adminsitration (including restroom breaks), you may not communicate with other examinees or anyone other than the testing staff in any way. If you communicate with another person taking the test, receive assistance from anyone other than the testing staff during the test administration, try to take the test for someone else, have someone take the test for you, use prohibited items, have a cell phone that is on, or do not follow instructions, you will be dismissed and your test results will be voided. If you bring a calculator, you must abide by the rules described on the What to Bring page.

Late Arrivals

It is very important that you arrive before 8:00 a.m. at the test site. You must be sitting in the test room when the test administration staff begin reading the administration directions to examinees. To avoid disruption, and out of respect for examinees who are on time, if you arrive after 8:00 a.m. and staff have begun reading the test administration instructions, you will not be admitted to the test session, you will be counted as an absentee, and you will not receive a refund or credit of any kind. Be aware that other examinees may be signing in and there may be a line.

Visitors

Visitors are not permitted in the testing area. Friends and relatives must remain outside of the testing area. If at any time during the exam you have contact with anyone other than testing site staff without permission, you will be dismissed and your results will be voided.

Upon Completion of the Exam

Once you have completed the parts of the test you wish to take (Mathematics, English-language Arts Language subtest and/or English-language Arts Reading subtest), you may be excused from the test session. Before you are excused, all of your test materials will be collected and checked. You may not reenter the test site once you have been dismissed. At the end of the test session, all test materials will be collected and checked, and all remaining examinees will be excused.

Test Administration Comments

If you have any comments about the test site or the administration of the test, please detail your comments in a letter and send it to the CHSPE Office.