TEST FEES AND PAYMENT POLICIES

New Mexico Teacher Assessments Fees^*

Test Registration Fees

Registration processing fee (per test date) $29 Basic Skills $52 Teacher Competency Assessments (Early Childhood, Elementary, Secondary) $89 Content Knowledge Assessments $89 Late registration fee $31 Emergency registration fee $52

Additional Service Fees

Change of registration fee $21 Fee for additional copy of test results (per copy) $16 Rescore fee (per test date, selected-response questions only) $31 Fee to clear an account (for example, due to a disputed credit card charge) $20

* All testing fees include the New Mexico 5% sales tax.

Withdrawal/Refund Policy

If after registering for the New Mexico Teacher Assessments you wish to withdraw from one or more tests for which you have registered, you must submit a Withdrawal/Refund Request Form on the Internet or send your completed Withdrawal/Refund Request Form to Evaluation Systems by U.S. mail or fax. Refer to "Changing Your Registration" for information about how to submit the Withdrawal/Refund Request Form.

If your withdrawal request is submitted on the Internet by 4:00 p.m. mountain time on the regular registration deadline or if your Withdrawal/Refund Request Form is postmarked by the regular registration deadline, you will receive a refund of the full test fee for each test from which you withdraw. The registration processing fee will not be refunded. Refunds will be issued approximately five weeks after the test date.

You may not withdraw your registration or receive a refund if you register during the late or the emergency registration period. If you are absent from the test, you will not receive a refund or credit of any kind. (See the absentee policy in "Reporting to the Test Site.")

Payment Methods

The fees for Internet registration, telephone registration, and changes to registration made on the Internet must be paid using a credit card (VISA or MasterCard only) or a debit or check card that carries the VISA or MasterCard logo and that can be used without the entry of a personal identification number (PIN). Bank cards without a VISA or MasterCard logo cannot be accepted. The merchant name that will appear on your credit card statement is "Eval Systems Test Fee."

The fees for registration by U.S. mail and other services requested by mail (see "Additional Service Fees" in the table above) must be paid by cashier's check or money order; personal checks are not accepted. Cashier's checks and money orders must be made payable to Evaluation Systems in U.S. dollars. Please write the last five digits of your social security number on your payment. Do not send cash.

Payment Policies

If you register to take the same test on multiple test dates and pass the test on the first test date, you will not be issued a refund for your additional registrations on the basis of your passing performance.

If, for any reason, your payment for a test date or test service does not clear (for example, if you dispute a credit card charge), you will have an outstanding balance with Evaluation Systems. In this case

• you will be assessed an additional fee to cover the processing required to clear your account;
• you will not be allowed to register for future test dates until your balance, which includes the additional fee, is paid in full; and
• you must make your payment to clear your account by cashier's check or money order only, unless you are making a subsequent credit card payment for additional services, in which case your credit card will be billed for both the outstanding balance and the additional requested services.

If you have any outstanding balance owed by you to Evaluation Systems 14 calendar days after a test administration for which you were registered, all of your scores for that test date will be permanently voided and will not be reported to you, to the PED, or to any institutions. It is your responsibility to ensure that your account is paid in full and all payments have cleared by this deadline. Any payment received later than 14 calendar days after the test date will be used to clear your account but will not alter the permanent voiding of your scores. You may wish to call Evaluation Systems prior to this deadline to confirm that your payment has been received and your account is clear.

The following additional policies apply to you when you have an outstanding balance with Evaluation Systems:

• If you attempt to pay for any further services by credit card, your credit card will be billed for the amount of all services you have requested, as well as the outstanding balance owed. You agree to pay for all such services and outstanding balances in the event your credit card company does not.
• If you attempt to pay for any further services by cashier's check or money order, any payments received will be applied first to your outstanding debt, with any excess to be applied to the requested services.
• Any credits or refunds for which you may be eligible will be applied first to your outstanding debt, with any excess to be returned to you.

Testing on Consecutive Test Dates

Examinees who wish to retake a test may do so at a subsequent test administration. In general, if you wish to retake a test, you must reregister and submit the correct payment. Because score report dates may fall after the regular or late registration deadline for the next test date, there is a provision to waive the late registration fee for examinees who wish to register to take the same test at the next test administration. The chart below provides further information on fee waivers.

Test Date	Late Registration Fee Waiver?	Emergency Registration Fee Waiver?
September 19, 2009	No	No
November 14, 2009	Yes	No
January 16, 2010	Yes	No
March 13, 2010	Yes	No
June 5, 2010	No	No

The following rules govern fee waivers for examinees registering for consecutive test dates:

• When you register on the Internet on or before the late registration deadline or your registration materials are received on or before the late registration deadline, your status as a consecutive test date retaker will be confirmed and your late registration fee will be waived.
• The late registration fee waivers are valid only during the registration periods for the next test date and only for a test or tests that you have previously taken and not passed.
• If you plan to register for consecutive test dates and require alternative testing arrangements, please call (413) 256-2884 or (866) 613-3295 as soon as possible. This is necessary to allow the maximum amount of time to process your request. Because of space, staff, and time constraints, it may not be possible to grant some requests for alternative testing arrangements made by examinees who register for a consecutive test date during the late or emergency registration periods.

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