Assessment & Testing
Academic Center for Enhancement (ACE)
The Academic Center for Enhancement (ACE) offers both a selection of different tests you can take, along with free tutoring services for students.
Tutoring Resources
We’re here to help you succeed! The Academic Center for Enhancement (ACE) offers free, walk-in peer and professional tutoring.
We can tutor in these subjects:
- Math
- English
- History
- Government
- Humanities
We can also provide help with:
- Writing and researching assistance
- Research paper documentation styles
- Avoiding plagiarism
- Study skills, note-taking and time management strategies
- College success skills workshops
- Small group study sessions
The Academic Center for Enhancement offers online tutoring in writing as a convenient alternative to face-to-face tutoring. To access this service, please send an email to Writing.Center@redlandscc.edu with your work attached as a Word document and the assignment instructions included. Responses will take up to 24 hours Monday-Friday (during fall and spring semesters) or Monday-Thursday (during the summer semester). A short delay may occur if the work is submitted late in the week or over the weekend.
Hours of Operation for Tutoring
Fall and Spring Semesters:
Monday-Thursday - 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday - 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tutoring is available in MM 215B.
Test Options
Testing is located in MM 210.
- Accuplacer Placement Tests
We administer Accuplacer NextGen placement tests in reading, writing and math that will help determine the level and number of required courses you will need. - Advanced Placement
The Advanced Placement Program® enables willing and academically prepared students to pursue college-level studies – with the opportunity to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both – while still in high school. - CLEP Tests
CLEP is a series of examinations that will allow you to earn college credit for what you know, regardless of where you learned it. - Defense Activity for Not-Traditional Educational Support (DANTES or DSST)
DSST is a credit-by-examination program, similar to CLEP, specifically for service members or veterans. - TEAS Exams
The Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS) is used for Redlands Community College Nursing Program Admission Exam. - Other Exams
- Make-up Exams
Students can make arrangements with individual instructors to take make-up exams in the Testing Center. Students must know the course and instructor's name for the exam to be taken. A VALID PHOTO ID IS REQUIRED.
- Make-up Exams
ACE Testing Rules and Regulations
- Student must present a photo ID
- Student must have the name of the instructor
- No personal electronic devices are permitted in the Testing Center (cell phones, smart watches, fitness trackers, or any other non-medical personal electronic device)
- No food, drinks or children allowed in the Testing Center
- Only material authorized by the instructor will be allowed inside the testing area (no purses, backpacks, etc.)
- Student must show respect for all students and employees of the Tutoring and Testing Centers
- Students must provide receipt before taking a fee-based test
- Please be aware of the testing hours - testing ends at closing time without exception
- Without prior approval from the instructor, all tests must be finished in one sitting
- The Testing Center CANNOT provide students with a calculator
- Hats and head-dressings, unless worn for religious purposes, are not allowed
To schedule an ATI TEAS, CLEP or DSST exam, please complete the test request form.
Hours of Operation for Testing
Fall and Spring Semesters:
Monday-Thursday - 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday - 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Contact Us
Academic Center for Enhancement (ACE)
Alex Shafer, Director
testing.center@redlandscc.edu
405.422.6270