Test Areas for Paper-Based Testing

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

Due to factors beyond the control of the CTC and Evaluation Systems, the test center locations described in this section cannot be guaranteed. Test centers are subject to change in the event of scheduling conflicts. If it becomes necessary to change a test center, every attempt will be made to ensure that the new test center is located in the same general area as the one you originally requested.

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	9/8/12	11/3/12	1/12/13	3/9/13	5/4/13	7/13/13
CSET: Preliminary Educational Technology	All areas		All areas	All areas	All areas
CSET: Single Subjects
Agriculture Business Health Science Home Economics Industrial and Technology Education	All areas		All areas	All areas	All areas
Art Music Physical Education	Selected areas*		Selected areas*	Selected areas*	Selected areas*
English Science Social Science	All areas	All areas	All areas	All areas	All areas	All areas
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 Farsi Subtests I, II, and V Filipino Subtests I, II, and V German Subtests I, II, III, and V Hebrew Hmong Subtests I, II, and V Italian Japanese Subtests I, II, III, and V Khmer Subtests I, II, and V Portuguese 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*†
Cantonese Subtests I, II, III, and V French Subtests I, II, III, and V Korean Subtests I, II, III, and V Mandarin Subtests I, II, III, and V	Selected areas*		Selected areas*	Selected areas*	Selected areas*
Spanish Subtests I, II, III, and V LOTE Subtest IV	Selected areas*	Selected areas*	Selected areas*	Selected areas*	Selected areas*	Selected areas*
*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
*Canoga Park/Woodland Hills area	409
*Chico area	403
*Fresno area	404
*Humboldt County/Arcata area	401
*Long Beach area	405
*Los Angeles area	436
*Oakland area	426
*Orange County area	410
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/Monterey area	433
Santa Rosa area	420
Stockton/Modesto area	421
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, Hebrew, Hmong, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, LOTE Subtest IV, Mandarin, Music, Physical Education, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese are offered at these test areas.
Some alternative testing arrangements can be accommodated at selected test centers only. If you wish to request a specific test center for paper-based testing due to your documented disability, include this request in Section 12 of your Alternative Testing Arrangements Request Form. If after receiving your admission ticket, you find that the test center to which you are assigned is not feasible due to your documented disability, please contact the CSET Director of Alternative Testing Arrangements at (800) 205-3334 (telephone) or (866) 483-6460 (fax).

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

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, examinees are 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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