We offer a password-protected web system that can be used to select tests and prepare the necessary instructions for administering the tests. Tests can be administered over the telephone or on a computer.

You can have the tests proctored at your site by your staff, or you can have test-takers access and complete the test from a remote location.

Instructions for the test are spoken over the testing system in an examiner voice and are also presented verbatim on a printed test paper during telephone administration and on the computer screen during computer administration. Test items themselves are presented in various native speaker voices that are distinct from the examiner voice.

Telephone administration is supported by a test paper that includes general instructions and an introduction to the test procedures, plus instructions and information that are specific and unique to the test. Included in this unique information is the phone number to call, the Test Identification Number, the spoken instructions written verbatim, item examples, and the printed sentences for the Reading section (if applicable). When the test taker calls into the Ordinate testing system, the system will ask the test taker to use the telephone keypad to enter the Test Identification Number on the test paper. This identification number keeps the test taker's information secure.

An examiner voice speaks all the instructions for the test. The spoken instructions for each section are also printed verbatim on the test paper to help ensure that test takers understand the directions. Test takers interact with the test system in English going through all parts of the test until they complete the test and hang up the telephone.

For computer administration, the computer must have an Internet connection and Ordinate's Computer-Delivered Test (CDT) software. To use the computer version of a test, we will work with your technical team to complete a setup process of any testing computers and verify they meet the standards required for the test.

During the test administration, the test taker is fitted with a microphone headset. The system allows the test taker to adjust the volume and calibrate the microphone before the test begins. The instructions for each section are spoken by an examiner voice and are also displayed on the computer screen. Test takers interact with the test system in English, speaking their responses into the microphone. When the test is finished, the test taker submits the test for scoring.