Services: Testing & Certification

Alpena Community College offers a variety of testing certification services to students and the local community. Some services require registration and payment of a fee. Services include:

Basic Skills Assessment
Basic Skills Assessment Test (COMPASS) is not required for any student with a composite score of 20 or higher on the American College Test (ACT). Students must release their ACT scores to ACC in order to waive COMPASS placement.  Skills assessment is required for all new Alpena Community College students who do not have a high school diploma or GED; for all new students who register for nine semester credits or more; and for all students who register for a course in English or Mathematics for the first time at ACC. It is strongly recommended for all students, regardless of course load or field of study. The battery measures the level of a student's reading, language usage and numerical skills. Results are used to make recommendations concerning course placement and the possible need for basic skills instruction in The Learning Center. Consult the semester schedule for dates and times of testing.

See Current Placement Testing Schedule.
Learn more about the COMPASS

Workplace Assessment

• Industrial Testing
  ACC is a certified (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) Industrial Testing Site and offers a full range concrete materials testing lab. Cement, aggregate and concrete testing is done for a variety of industrial, commercial, and governmental clients, providing unique hands-on learning for students.
  For information on testing services, contact Kevin Sylvester 989.358.7364 (toll free in Michigan 1.888.468.6222). Fee required.
• Microsoft Office Specialist Certification
  Alpena Community College is an authorized testing center for the Microsoft Office Specialist certification exams for business and desktop applications.
  For further information, contact Nat Salziger, 989.358.7406 (toll free in Michigan 1.888.468.6222). Fee required.
• VUE Testing
  Alpena Community College is an authorized testing center for certification exams on skills in the Information Technology industry.  Some of the certification exams include:  Allaire, Avaya, Brocade, CIW, Check Point, Cisco, CompTIA, Ericsson, iGeneration Informix, LPI, Lucent, Microsoft, Novell, PTC, RSA Security, Siebel Systems.  For further information, contact Nat Salziger, 989.358.7406 (toll free in Michigan 1.888.468.6222). Fee required.
• Work Keys Assessment
  Alpena Community College is an ACT Work Keys Service Center and offers individual assessment in workplace readiness skills and job profiling/assessment for specific business needs on a fee basis.
  For further information contact Don MacMaster (989.358.7344) or (989.358.7234) (toll free in Michigan 1.888.468.6222).