The CLA Language Testing Program provides equal opportunities for all students to demonstrate proficiency in a second language, including students whose language is not taught on campus, and students with documented disabilities.
- Need an accommodation letter? Get started at the Disability Resource Center!
- Want to complete the CLA Second Language Requirement in a language not taught at the University of Minnesota? Learn about the Individual Language Assessment (ILA) and explore CourseShare!
For test accommodations on the EPT, LPE Screening Test, LPE and ACTFL tests, review details below.
Students taking the EPT
Before you take the EPT, please send us an email at [email protected] with a copy of your accommodations letter to receive further instructions on how to take your test.
If you do not have an accommodations letter, please contact the Disability Resource Center (DRC) at [email protected].
Students taking the LPE Screening Test
Before signing up to take the LPE Screening Test, please send us an email at [email protected] with a copy of your accommodations letter to receive further instructions on how to take your test(s).
Please do not go through the registration process on our website as those dates and times may not work with your accommodations.
If you do not have an accommodations letter, please contact the Disability Resource Center (DRC) at [email protected].
Students taking the LPE
New incoming or current students not in a 4th semester language course
Before signing up to take the LPE, please send us an email at [email protected] with a copy of your accommodations letter to receive further instructions on how to take your test(s).
Please do not go through the registration process on our website as those dates and times may not work with your accommodations.
If you do not have an accommodations letter, please contact the Disability Resource Center (DRC) at [email protected].
Students in SPAN 1004/1034/1044
Your class is scheduled to take the test on a specific date and time. This information is in your course syllabus. We suggest that you try to register for the same date and time at the DRC office. Please submit your request at least 7 days in advance.
For the LPE reading and listening tests (your final for the course): Schedule with the CLA Language Testing Program by emailing your accommodations letter to [email protected], along with dates and times you are available to take the tests during finals week.
Students in a 4th semester course (all languages but Spanish)
Your course final consists of the reading and listening parts of the LPE. Please schedule these tests with us, the CLA Language Testing Program, by emailing your accommodations letter to [email protected], along with dates and times you are available to take the tests during finals week.
The LPE writing and speaking tests may be part of the course or it may be optional for the course. Please see your course materials and LPE schedule for details. However, if you want to have full LPE results and receive the language proficiency endorsement line on your transcript, you must complete writing and speaking.
Students taking the ACTFL Exam
Before signing up to take the ACTFL Exam for the Certificate of Advanced Proficiency, please send us a copy of your accommodations letter to [email protected] at least 10 days in advance of your test date.
In Canvas, complete the quiz by marking "no" for all date options, so we can work with you to create a custom schedule.
All documentation submitted is kept confidential and is used only to determine eligibility for test accommodations. ACTFL score reports do not include any specifics about the disability or accommodation provided.
Test takers who take a test with an accommodation receive a standard certificate, as any test taker would, and there is nothing on it to indicate that an accommodation was provided. Accommodations are provided to extend an equal opportunity to all test takers, of all abilities.
If you do not have an accommodations letter, please contact the Disability Resource Center (DRC) at [email protected].