When registering for the CSET, refer to the following tables to select a test area and test date. Your specific test site will be determined based on availability and appropriateness of facilities for test administration. Test sites will be within the area listed but not necessarily within the actual city limits.

Register as early as possible to increase your chances of being assigned to a test site within your first-choice test area.

Not all tests are available on all test dates or at all test areas. Refer to the following tables to determine which test areas and test dates are available for the tests you wish to take.


Test Availability by Test Date and Test Area

Test	9/13/08	11/1/08	1/10/09	3/14/09	5/16/09	7/18/09
CSET: Multiple Subjects	All areas	All areas	All areas	All areas	All areas	All areas
CSET: Writing Skills	All areas except El Centro/ Calexico	All areas except El Centro/ Calexico	All areas except El Centro/ Calexico	All areas except El Centro/ Calexico	All areas except El Centro/ Calexico	All areas except El Centro/ Calexico
CSET: Preliminary Educational Technology	All areas except El Centro/ Calexico		All areas except El Centro/ Calexico	All areas except El Centro/ Calexico	All areas except El Centro/ Calexico
CSET: Single Subjects
Agriculture Business Health Science Home Economics Industrial and Technology Education	All areas except El Centro/ Calexico		All areas except El Centro/ Calexico	All areas except El Centro/ Calexico	All areas except El Centro/ Calexico
Art Music Physical Education	Selected areas*		Selected areas*	Selected areas*	Selected areas*
English Mathematics Science Social Science	All areas except El Centro/ Calexico	All areas except El Centro/ Calexico	All areas except El Centro/ Calexico	All areas except El Centro/ Calexico	All areas except El Centro/ Calexico	All areas except El Centro/ Calexico
CSET: Languages Other Than English
American Sign Language Subtests I, II, and III† Arabic Subtests I, II, and V Armenian Subtests I, II, and V Cantonese Subtests I, II, III, and V Farsi Subtests I, II, and V Filipino Subtests I, II, and V German Subtests I, II, III, and V Hmong Subtests I, II, and V Japanese Subtests I, II, III, and V Khmer Subtests I, II, and V Korean Subtests I, II, III, and V Mandarin Subtests I, II, III, and V Punjabi Subtests I, II, III, and V Russian Subtests I, II, III, and V Vietnamese Subtests I, II, III, and V		Selected areas*†			Selected areas*†
French Subtests I, II, III, and V Spanish Subtests I, II, III, and V	Selected areas*		Selected areas*	Selected areas*	Selected areas*
LOTE Subtest IV	Selected areas*	Selected areas*	Selected areas*	Selected areas*	Selected areas*
Test	9/13/08	11/1/08	1/10/09	3/14/09	5/16/09	7/18/09
* Selected areas are marked with an asterisk in the following table. † Selected test areas for CSET: American Sign Language are marked with this symbol (†) in the following table.

California Test Areas

Test Area	Code
Bakersfield area	402
*Chico area	403
El Centro/Calexico area	415
*Fresno area	404
*Humboldt County/Arcata area	401
*Long Beach area	405
Los Angeles (East) area	406
*Los Angeles (West) area	436
*Oakland area	426
*Orange County/Anaheim area	410
*Orange County/Costa Mesa area	427
Pasadena/San Gabriel area	407
Pomona/Ontario area	408
*Riverside/Moreno Valley area	411
*Sacramento area	412
San Bernardino area	413
*San Diego area	414
San Diego/North County area	423
*San Francisco area	416
*San Jose/Santa Clara area	417
*San Luis Obispo area	418
Santa Barbara area	419
Santa Cruz area	433
Santa Rosa area	420
Stockton/Modesto area	421
*Woodland Hills area	409
CSET: American Sign Language Test Areas
† ASL Northern California area	460
† ASL Southern California area	461
* The CSET in Arabic, Armenian, Art, Cantonese, Farsi, Filipino, French, German, Hmong, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, LOTE Subtest IV, Mandarin, Music, Physical Education, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese are offered at these test areas.

Emergency Registration Test Areas

Emergency registration is limited to the space available at the following test areas across California. Please note that the test areas available for emergency registration are subject to change based on available space. Some areas may become full and, therefore, may be unavailable during emergency registration. Not all tests are available during the emergency registration period; see “Test Selection” for information about test availability.

Test Area	Code
Chico area	403
Fresno area	404
Humboldt County/Arcata area	401
Long Beach area	405
Orange County/Anaheim area	410
Sacramento area	412
San Diego area	414
San Francisco area	416
San Luis Obispo area	418
Woodland Hills area	409

Out-of-State Test Areas

Out-of-state testing is available for the May test date in the following five test areas. Out-of-state test areas are offered subject to the requirement that there is a minimum number of examinees per area. Examinees will be notified if a test area selected during registration is not available due to insufficient registration. Because of space limitations at some of the out-of-state test areas, each examinee is urged to register early.

During the late registration period, examinees may be able to register for an out-of-state test area, subject to space availability. Registration for out-of-state test areas is not available during the emergency registration period.

Test Area	Code
Atlanta, Georgia, area	481
Austin, Texas, area	482
Chicago, Illinois, area	484
New York, New York, area	486
Seattle, Washington, area	490

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